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Definitions: Recourse |
RecourseNoun1. Act of turning to for assistance: "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort". 2. Something or someone turned to for assistance or security: "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "recourse" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Finance | (1) the right of a holder in due course to demand payment from the maker or endorser of a negotiable instrument, or from prior endorsers, if the instrument is dishonored by the maker. (2) the acceptance, assumption or retention of some or all of the risk of loss associated with an asset owned by another party. (3) in the secondary mortgage market, recourse refers to a provision in a sales contract by which a mortgage seller agrees to buy back the loan if default and foreclosure occur. See with full recourse, without recourse, with partial recourse. (references) |
Shipping | A right claim against the guarantors of a loan or draft or bill of exchange. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: RecourseSynonyms: refuge (n), resort (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Use | Ply, work, wield, handle, manipulate; play, play off; exert, exercise, practice, avail oneself of, profit by, resort to, have recourse to, recur to, take betake oneself to; take up with, take advantage of; lay one's hands on, try. |
Exercitation; application, appliance; adhibition, disposal; consumption; agency; (physical); usufruct; usefulness; benefit; recourse, resort, avail. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Recourse |
| English words defined with "recourse": Betake ♦ call on ♦ Effectual calling ♦ fall back ♦ last-ditch ♦ naturalism ♦ recur, Recurrency, refuge, resort ♦ To fall back upon, To fall upon, To refer one's self, turn. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "recourse": Accounts ♦ Besides ♦ Commodity loan rates ♦ Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 ♦ High moisture feed grains, Honey program, Honey Recourse Loan Program ♦ indorsement without recourse, insurance reserve ♦ Loan rate ♦ Mohair Recourse Loan Program, mortgage servicing ♦ Nonrecourse loans ♦ Recourse loan program, recourse servicing, right of recourse ♦ self insurance reserves, Sugar price support program ♦ with full recourse, with partial recourse, without recourse. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Without recourse.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Lord Byron | He scratched his ear, the infallible resource to which embarrassed people have recourse. |
Lord Chesterfield | To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | She had recourse to the expedient of children who are always terrified. |
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Health | Special attention is paid to the role of drugs in relation to problem feelings and behaviors, and how problems may be solved without recourse to drugs. (references) | |
Recourse for patient grievance and professional censure are provided through credentialing and licensing procedures and are available through appropriate State jurisdictions. (references) | ||
Business | Management is legally limited in its recourse to lockouts. (references) | |
It is condemned in society, and legal and medical recourse is available. (references) | ||
The legislated changes also limited legal recourse against denials of asylum applications. (references) | ||
Children | Russia | The welfare of the children has been lost within the bureaucracy, and little clear recourse exists in instances of abuse by the system. (references) |
Russia | The existing system provides little oversight and no formal recourse for orphans who have been misdiagnosed as mentally ill or retarded or who are abused or neglected while in state institutions. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Israel and the occupied territories | Muslims have no recourse to civil courts in family-status matters. (references) |
Economic History | Mexico | Recourse through the courts is lengthy, costly, and uncertain. (references) |
Indonesia | The court system does not provide effective recourse for settling property disputes. (references) | |
Croatia | If the high court reaffirms a lower court's ruling, there is no recourse for appeal. (references) | |
Human Rights | China | A growing number of persons are using legal recourse against government malfeasance. (references) |
Namibia | Citizens who are arrested arbitrarily used civil suits as legal recourse in many cases. (references) | |
Oman | If a settlement cannot be reached, the parties may seek recourse in the appropriate courts. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Honduras | The courts commonly deny legal recourse to indigenous groups and often show bias in favor of nonindigenous parties of means and influence. (references) |
Honduras | In the absence of clear land titles and unequal access to legal recourse, indigenous groups also are vulnerable to frequent usurpation of their property rights by nonindigenous farmers and cattle ranchers. (references) | |
Political Economy | CZECH REPUBLIC | In particular, investors have been frustrated by the lack of effective recourse to the court system. (references) |
Trade | China | Chinese officials have for years experimented with limited- recourse project financing schemes. (references) |
Bahrain | If a company insists, the government may consider recourse to the International Chamber of Commerce or to the GCC Arbitration Center. (references) | |
India | The Limited Recourse Finance Program provides financing for projects that are dependent on the cash flows of the project for repayment rather than on the credit strength of a purchaser. (references) | |
Women | Macedonia | Legal recourse is available to rape victims, including victims of marital rape. (references) |
Russia | Domestic violence remained a major problem, and victims rarely have recourse to protection from the authorities. (references) | |
Chad | By tradition wives are subject to the authority of their husbands, and they only had limited legal recourse against abuse. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Laos | The victims have no recourse to relief. (references) |
Pakistan | Dismissed workers have no recourse to the labor courts. (references) | |
Indonesia | If such marriages fail, the women have no legal recourse. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | In such cases recourse must be had to the great body of the people, and in a manner to produce the best effect. |
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| "Recourse" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.40% of the time. "Recourse" is used about 438 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.4% | 431 | 13,316 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.91% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.68% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 438 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "recourse": have recourse to ♦ indorsement without recourse ♦ right of recourse ♦ without recourse. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "recourse": non-recourse. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
recourse | 6 |
non recourse | 5 |
loan recourse | 2 |
mortgage non recourse | 2 |
recourse without | 2 |
recourse sims | 2 |
records.com recourse | 2 |
debt recourse | 2 |
record recourse | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "recourse"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | strehë (asylum, awning, cover, dwelling, hangout, Harbor, harbour, haven, home, hostel, house, housing, hovel, Lee, lodgement, lodgment, lurking place, mew, pad, peak, port, refuge, retreat, roof, sanctuary, sanctum, sconce, shade, shed, shelter), mbështetje (adhesion, aegis, aliment, alimentation, alimony, backup, foundation, furtherance, pillar, promotion, purchase, stock, support, sustenance, sustention, tower), kërkim ndihme, e drejtë tërheqjeje, dalje (egress, egression, emergence, emersion, eruption, escape, exit, leakage, orifice, out, outcome, outcrop, outgo, outlet, recovery, rise, safety valve, salience, salient, shoot, vent), adresim (addressing, reference). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ملجأ (asylum, burrow, cover, harbor, harbour, haven, hideaway, hideout, home, lair, poorhouse, refuge, resort, resource, retreat, sanctuary, sanctum, shelter), ملاذ (anchor, anchorage, asylum, harbor, harbour, haven, hermitage, hideaway, refuge, resort, retreat, sanctuary, shelter), نقد (cash, commentary, criticism, criticize, critique, money, paper, rave, review), حق حامل الكمبيالة في الرجوع على الصاحب, طعن (aspersion, impale, jab, jag, knife, libel, pike, put a knife into smb., put off, remedy, slander, stab, strike, thrust, thrusting, transfix), إلتجاء, إستعانة, إستجارة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | средство (agency, contrivance, device, help, instrumentality, instrumentation, means, medium, pry, remedy, resort, resource, shift, tool, weapon), прибягване (recurrence, repair, resort), прибежище (refuge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 依赖 (Dependant, Dependent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zdroj pomoci, útoèištì (harbour, haven, refuge, resort, resource, sanctuary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | regres (regress, right of recourse), saafremt trykket i olien fortsat falder trods tilbageledning af udstroemmet gas,benyttes den saakaldte gas lift-metode ved under tryk af lede en gasart ned i produktionsforingsroeret,saa denne faar olien til at emulgere og stige op (if the pressure of the oil continues to fall, in spite of gas re-injection, in which gas is pumped into the tubing under high pressure, recourse is had to the gas lift method, thus emulsifying the oil and causing it to rise), endossement sine obligo (indorsement sans recours, indorsement without recourse, qualified indorsement), artikel 28,stykke 2,i konventionen af 27.9.1968 skal hindre,en sag forhales (recourse to time-wasting duplication). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | regres (appeal, regress, right of recourse), verhaal (account, history, narrative, regress, right of recourse, story, tale), indien de druk van de olie blijft dalen ondanks het weer injecteren van spontaan vrijgekomen gassen,dan wordt overgegaan tot het toepassen van het gas lift-procédé waarbij in de stijgbuis een onder druk staand gas wordt geïnjecteerd de olie emulgeert (if the pressure of the oil continues to fall, in spite of gas re-injection, in which gas is pumped into the tubing under high pressure, recourse is had to the gas lift method, thus emulsifying the oil and causing it to rise), gebruik van rechtsmiddelen die het proces vertragen (recourse to time-wasting duplication). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پاتوق (Haunt, Nest, Rendezvous, Resort, Station), میعادگاه (Hangout, Tryst), متوسل شدن به , مراجعه کردن به , مراجعه (Reference, Referral, Respect), چاره (Makeshift, Remedy), وسیله (Appliance, Handle, Inducement, Instrument, Instrumental, Makeshift, Medium, Organ, Resource), توسل , اعاده (Rebound, Recession, Repetition, Restitution, Return). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | regressivaade (regress, right of recourse), regressioikeus (regress, right of recourse), turvautua (fall back upon, have recourse to, resort to, turn to). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | recours (regress, remedy, remonstrance, resort, review, right of recourse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | regress (redress, regress, right of recourse), zuflucht (place of refuge, refuge, sanctuary, shelter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προσφυγή (grievance, protest, remonstrance, resort). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"ז"קק ל- (be in need, have recourse to, resort). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vmihez fordulás, vmihez folyamodás, vkihez fordulás, vkihez folyamodás, visszkereseti jog, segítőeszköz, menedék (concealment, covert, coverture, harbor, harborage, harbourage, haven, home, housing, mew, place of concealment, refuge, resort, resource, shelter), kisegítő megoldás (makeshift), kibúvó (evasion, loophole, mask, quibble, quip, resource, shuffle, subterfuge), fordulás vkihez, folyamodás vkihez. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ricorso (appeal, application, petition, recurrence, resort). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | る (to depend on, to have recourse to, to rely on), 便る (to depend on, to have recourse to, to rely on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | たよる (to depend on, to have recourse to, to rely on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 의지 (Relying, Resorting, Volition, Will). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ecourseray recurso (appeal, asset, expedient, healthy, means, obsecration, refuge, remedy, resort, resource, resources, shift, wherewith), ato de recorrer a. (various references) refugiu (asylum, covert, flight, Harbor, harbour, haven, hiding, home, kennel, niche, pied a terre, refuge, retreat, sanctuary, shelter), recurs (appeal, remedy), scãpare (deliverance, escape, escapement, getaway, leakage, liberation, muff, negligence, omission, rescue, riddance, salvation, slip), adãpost (bunker, burrow, cot, cover, covert, coverture, flight, Harbor, harbour, haven, home, house, housing, kennel, lair, lodgment, nest, niche, penthouse, port, refuge, retreat, roofing, safeguard, sanctuary, sconce, screen, shadow, shelter, shield, shroud, stall, support). (various references) обращение за помощью. (various references) regres (regress), pribegavanje, pravo na regres. (various references) recurso (appeal, asset, device, expedient, grievance, protest, refuge, remedy, remonstrance, resort, resource). (various references) tillflykt (refuge, resort, sanctuary, shelter). (various references) rücu hakkı, yardım kaynağı, başvuru (appeal, application, letter of application), başvurma (application, consult, enrollment, enrolment, reference, resort). (various references) рятівний засіб, звернення по допомогу, допуск (allowance). (various references) sự nhờ đến, sự cầu đến. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | recursus, respectus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "recourse": recourses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "recourse": nonrecourse. (additional references) | |
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"Recourse" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bricourt, Lecours, recause, recore, recorse, recource, recours, recourt, recouse, recurse, recurve, resourse, ricorsi. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "recourse" (pronounced rē"kôrs) |
| 4 | -k ô r s | discourse. |
| 3 | -ô r s | resource. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: resource. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-o-r-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: courser, rescore, rescuer, scourer, securer. | |
-2 letters: cereus, cerous, ceruse, corers, course, crores, crouse, cruors, curers, curser, cursor, recurs, recuse, rerose, rescue, rouser, scorer, secure, source, sourer. | |
-3 letters: ceres, ceros, corer, cores, corse, crore, cruor, cruse, curer, cures, currs, curse, ecrus, erose, euros, recur, reuse, roues, rouse, ruers, score, scour, scree, serer, sorer, sucre, surer. | |
-4 letters: cees, cere, cero, core, cors, crus, cues, cure, curr, curs, ecru, ecus, eros, errs, euro, orcs, ores, ours, recs, rees, rocs, roes, rose, roue, ruer, rues, ruse, seer, sere, sore, sour, suer, sure, user. | |
-5 letters: cee, cor, cos, cue, cur, ecu, ere, err, ers, oes, orc, ore, ors, ose, our, rec, ree, res, roc, roe, rue, sec, see, ser, sou, sue, use. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-o-r-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: overcures, recourses, resources, verrucose. | |
+2 letters: courseware, covertures, fluorescer, persecutor, procedures, racecourse, reconquers, recounters, renouncers, reproduces, retouchers, underscore. | |
+3 letters: coursewares, couturieres, encouragers, fluorescers, foreclosure, intercourse, nonrecourse, occurrences, persecutors, persecutory, racecourses, rencounters, reproducers, resourceful, treacherous, underscored, underscores, watercourse. | |
+4 letters: chemosurgery, cloudberries, concurrences, conjecturers, countercries, counterfires, foreclosures, intercourses, meretricious, overproduces, precancerous, precomputers, procurements, reconfigures, reencounters, reintroduces, repercussion, resurrection, supercargoes, urethroscope, watercourses. | |
+5 letters: concurrencies, correctitudes, corruptnesses, counterargues, counterforces, counteroffers, counterorders, counterpowers, countersniper, counterstream, counterstrike, counterstroke, countertenors, countertrades, countertrends, creaturehoods, cryosurgeries, cursorinesses, electrophorus, motherfuckers, outreproduces, overcredulous, oversubscribe, protuberances, reconstructed, recuperations, reoccurrences, repercussions, reproducibles, reproductives, resourcefully, resurrections, stercoraceous, supercollider, supercomputer, treacherously, urethroscopes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 63 6F 75 72 73 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . -.-. --- ..- .-. ... . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01100011 01101111 01110101 01110010 01110011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e c o u r s e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0063 006F 0075 0072 0073 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5271698187848571 |
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