reimbursement
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reimbursements
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Origin of reimbursement
Explanation
A reimbursement is a repayment for money you've already spent. When you travel for work, you get a reimbursement for your work-related expenses, like hotel bills and plane tickets, but you'll have to pay for that trip to the circus yourself. Reimbursement comes from the Latin root words re, meaning again; in, meaning into; and bursa, meaning purse. So the word reimbursement literally means in a purse again. After your parents' basement flooded, they paid to repair the damage and then got a reimbursement from the insurance company, so that they could put the money they spent in their purse again.
Vocabulary lists containing reimbursement
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Greater efficiency is desirable, but it can’t bridge a reimbursement gap of this magnitude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Inflation has soared since the COVID-19 pandemic, government reimbursement for Medi-Cal patients and the uninsured often doesn’t cover costs, and providers say they frequently have difficulties obtaining full payment from insurers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Will Medicare seek reimbursement later if the other driver’s insurance settles the claim?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
He pleaded with Simpson to keep caring for them and sent sporadic payments totaling close to $10,000, plus reimbursement for breast milk, according to court records.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
In hospitals in which the reimbursement rates for appendectomies ran higher, for instance, the surgeons removed more appendixes.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Federal prosecutors reviewed claims that JPMorgan Chase ignored antifraud flaws and denied more than $100 million in customer reimbursements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Prosecutor Denise Osei said Morecroft repeatedly lied about making "out of pocket" payments for which he had requested "reimbursements" from treasurer Joshua Holvey.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Cruise lines often don’t provide cash reimbursements; instead, their coverage is typically a credit toward a future cruise.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Florida AG James Uthmeier said he is examining whether CVS’s PBM steers patients to its own pharmacies and pays its pharmacies higher reimbursements than it pays to independent pharmacies.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Though he still chased bandits on horseback, the work was generally less dangerous; in many cases, it involved unmasking individuals who had filed false claims for reimbursements.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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