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Definition: Reimbursement |
ReimbursementNoun1. Compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc.; "he received reimbursement for his travel expenses". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "reimbursement" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Finance | A)instructions and/or any other information concerning reimbursement of the transaction; b)arrangement by which a party is repaid for payments made according to the instructions of another party. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Payment | Repayment, reimbursement, retribution; pay;(reward); money paid; (expenditure). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Reimbursement |
| English words defined with "reimbursement": allowance ♦ breakage ♦ costs, coverage ♦ incidental, incidental expense, insurance ♦ minor expense. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "reimbursement": additional amounts, amount claimed ♦ Brush ♦ claiming bank, CLAIMS CLERK ♦ FEDERAL AID COORDINATOR ♦ Journey ♦ MEDICAL-RECORD ADMINISTRATOR, Medicare Assignment ♦ Nutrition guidelines ♦ Offer versus serve, Outliers, DRG ♦ PATIENT-RESOURCES-AND-REIMBURSEMENT AGENT, Prospective Payment System ♦ reimbursable NATO military personnel, reimbursement bank, Reimbursement Mechanisms, reimbursement of taxes, reimbursement party, reimbursement period, Reimbursement, Disproportionate Share, Reimbursement, Incentive, reimbursing bank ♦ SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE ♦ UTILIZATION-REVIEW COORDINATOR ♦ WIC vendors. (references) |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Germany having prevented the transfer of the sums in question to the State of Sao Paolo at the proper time, guarantees also that the reimbursement shall be effected at the rate of exchange of the day of the deposit. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Issues of training, licensure, and reimbursement remain to be clarified. (references) | |
More work is needed to establish actuarially sound reimbursement rates based on the real financial risks presented by clients with dementia. (references) | ||
Deep concern exists that appropriate dental care may not be available due to a significant lack of appropriate levels of third-party reimbursement. (references) | ||
Business | Sick Funds will also play a greater role in reimbursement decisions. (references) | |
Reimbursement prices are set according to the medical and economic benefits of each product. (references) | ||
Specifically, reimbursement rates for HIT in Japan covers only about 50% of the actual costs. (references) | ||
Economic History | China | Price caps/controls and a reimbursement list are also designed to bring down costs. (references) |
Spain | The agent's compensation does not include reimbursement for expenses, unless expressly agreed otherwise. (references) | |
Switzerland | Under a 1941 federal law, they are entitled to a fixed salary, with or without commission, and reimbursement of travel and entertainment expenses. (references) | |
Political Economy | BULGARIA | The industry further claims that drug pricing and reimbursement procedures are not transparent. (references) |
ARGENTINA | Nevertheless, the government retains minimal supports, such as reimbursement of indirect tax payments to exporters. (references) | |
TAIWAN | The reimbursement system also fails to account for significant quality differences between different brands of medical devices. (references) | |
Trade | Georgia | In practice, receiving reimbursement is problematic. (references) |
South Africa | Payment can be made via transmission or airmail depending on the reimbursement clauses. (references) | |
Jamaica | However, the importer is entitled to reimbursement when taking the sample back or out of the country. (references) | |
Travel | Australia | Therefore, visitors should have their own health insurance arrangements in the U.S. from which to seek reimbursement. (references) |
Spain | Before leaving Spain, the equipment and necessary forms should be taken to the Customs Office at Barajas airport for reimbursement of the deposit. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Angola | Children under 12 years of age work for no reimbursement for their families and in apprenticeships. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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George Washington | 1789-1797 | Provision is likewise requisite for the reimbursement of the loan which has been made of the Bank of the United States, pursuant to the eleventh section of the act by which it is incorporated. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | In the longer term, the health care reimbursement system must be reformed. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Reimbursement" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Reimbursement" is used about 148 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) | 100% | 148 | 25,903 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "reimbursement": method of reimbursement ♦ reimbursement bank ♦ Reimbursement Mechanisms ♦ reimbursement of taxes ♦ reimbursement party ♦ reimbursement period. Additional references. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "reimbursement"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pagim (defrayal, disbursement, pay, payment, payout), kthim parash (refund, repayment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تعويض عن, إعادة إلى شخص ما قد دفعه من قبل. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | възстановяване на пари. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 偿还 (reimburse, Reimbursed, Reimbursing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | náhrada (compensation, premium, recompense, recovery, redress, restitution, substitute, substitution, surrogate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | refunderingsmetode (method of reimbursement), refundering (method of reimbursement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | rembours (method of reimbursement), uitkering (alimony, benefit, compensation, entitlement, payment), terugbetaling (amortization, method of reimbursement, rebate, redemption, reduction, refund, repayment, retirement), aan de eigenaren van de bovengrond (compensation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | بازپرداخت (Kickback). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | takaisinmaksu (refund, repayment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | remboursement (method of reimbursement, rebate, redemption, refund, repayment, retirement, reversal, reversing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Rückvergütung (rebate, refund), Entschädigung (allowance, amends, compensation, indemnification, indemnity, recompense, recoupment, redress, remuneration, reparation, repayment, restitution, reward), Rückerstattung (drawback, method of reimbursement, rebate, recompense, reduction, refund, restitution, restoration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αποζημίωση (allocation, allowance, amends, benefit, bonus, compensation, compensation for, consequential damage, damages, indemnification, indemnity, pay, recompense, recoupment, redress, remuneration, reparation, restitution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "חזר (reflex, refund). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | visszafizetés (rebate, redeeming, redemption, refund, repayment), visszatérítés (expenses, refund, restitution, return), megtérítés (conversion, remuneration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | risarcimento (after-culture, award, beating, beating up, blank-filling, compensation, damage, filling fail places, gapping, indemnity, infilling, overplanting, patching up, recompense, recruiting, redress, refund, reinforcement planting, repair planting, reparation, replacement), rimborso (amortization, rebate, recovery, redemption, reduction, refund, repayment, retirement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 弁償 (compensation, indemnity, next word, reparation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | べ"しょうき" (compensation, indemnity, reparation), べ"しょう (compensation, demonstration, indemnity, next word, proof, reparation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 보상 (Compensating, Compensatory, Indemnifying, Indemnities, indemnity, rewarding, Righting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | aa-eeck (indemnity, reimburse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eimbursementray reembolso (amortization, redemption, refund, repayment, retirement, return of payment). (various references) restituire (refund, refundment, repayment, restitution, restoration), rambursare (drawback, refund, refundment, repayment), despãgubire (amends, compensation, consideration, indemnification, indemnity, recoupment, redress, remedy, remuneration, reparation, restitution, retrieval, satisfaction, set off, vindictive damages). (various references) компенсация (amends, atonement, compensation, indemnification, indemnity, offset, recompense, recoupment, remuneration, solatium). (various references) naknada (indemnity, recompense, requital, wage), isplaćivanje (payment). (various references) reembolso (amortization, method of reimbursement, paying, rebate, redemption, refund, repayment, retirement, satisfaction). (various references) ersättning (allowance, compensation, ersatz, indemnity, recompense, recoupment, remuneration, repayment, replacement, satisfaction, substitute). (various references) การชำระเงินคืน. (various references) rambursman, masrafını ödeme, harcamalarını karşılama, geri verme (give back, repayment, restoration, retrocession, return), geri ödeme (back pay, pay back, refund). (various references) відшкодування (amends, consideration, indemnity, offset, quittance, recovery, redress, refund, repayment, restitution), повернення (backsliding, comeback, reappearance, recurrence, redemption, regress, reinforcement, restitution, resumption, retrieval, return). (various references) sự ho n lại (restitution, restoration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "reimbursement": reimbursements. (additional references) | |
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"Reimbursement" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: reembursement, reimbersement, reimburcement, reimburement, reimburesement, reimbursiment, reimbursment, reimburstment, rembursement. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "reimbursement" (pronounced rē'umber"smunt) |
| 7 | -b er" s m u n t | disbursement. |
| 5 | -s m u n t | advancement, announcement, assessment, basement, bemusement, commencement, debasement, displacement, embarrassment, emplacement, endorsement, enforcement, enhancement, enticement, harassment, impressment, inducement, outplacement, placement, pronouncement, reassessment, reinforcement, replacement. |
| 4 | -m u n t | abandonment, abatement, accompaniment, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advertisement, advisement, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, apportionment, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, assignment, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, battlement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commitment, compartment, complement, comportment, concealment, condiment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, debarment, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, detriment, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, divestment, dormant, easement, element, embankment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endowment, engagement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, excrement, experiment, extinguishment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, impairment, impeachment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, imprisonment, improvement, incitement, inclement, increment, indictment, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, instrument, integument, internment, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, ornament, orpiment, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, parliament, pavement, payment, pigment, postponement, postretirement, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, regiment, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, settlement, shipment, statement, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, vehement, wonderment. |
| 3 | -u n t | aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-e-i-m-m-n-r-r-s-t-u" | |
-3 letters: bemusement, merriments. | |
-4 letters: merriment, mutineers, numberers, reentries, reimburse, reimmerse, remembers, renumbers, returnees, reuniters, summerier, summiteer, tenebrism, timbermen, tribesmen, turneries. | |
-5 letters: beeriest, bimester, bitumens, brimmers, bruiters, burriest, embrutes, emeritus, emetines, enterers, eremites, esurient, eternise, imbrutes, immenser, inserter, meristem, merriest, meuniere, misenter, miserere, miterers, muenster, mutineer, numberer, reburies, reenters, reinsert, reinsure, reinters, remember, rentiers, renumber. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-e-e-i-m-m-n-r-r-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: reimbursements. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 69 6D 62 75 72 73 65 6D 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . .. -- -... ..- .-. ... . -- . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01101001 01101101 01100010 01110101 01110010 01110011 01100101 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e i m b u r s e m e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0069 006D 0062 0075 0072 0073 0065 006D 0065 006E 0074 |
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