different between imburse vs reimburse

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin imburs?re, Late Latin imburs?re, from Latin im- (variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside’ usually affixed to verbs)) + bursa (“animal skin, oxhide; purse (usually made of leather or skin); supply of money, funds”) (from Ancient Greek ?????? (búrsa, “animal skin; skin stripped off a hide”)); analysable as im- +? burse. The word is cognate with Old French enborser (modern French embourser), Italian imborsare, Spanish embolsar (“to bag”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?b??s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?b?s/
• Hyphenation: im?burse

Verb

imburse (third-person singular simple present imburses, present participle imbursing, simple past and past participle imbursed)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To put into a purse; to save, to store up.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To give money to, to pay; to stock or supply with money.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To pay back money that is owed; to refund, to repay, to reimburse.

Alternative forms

• emborse, emburse (obsolete)

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Anagrams

• erbiums, imbrues, imbuers, murbies

English

Etymology

1610s, re- (“back”) +? imburse (“pay”) (imburse (literally “put in a purse”), circa 1530, now obsolete), from Middle French embourser, from Old French en- (“in”) + borser (“to get money”), from borse (“purse”), from Medieval Latin bursa (English purse).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i??m?b??(?)s/
• Rhymes: -??(?)s

Verb

reimburse (third-person singular simple present reimburses, present participle reimbursing, simple past and past participle reimbursed)

1. To compensate with payment; especially, to repay money spent on one's behalf.

   Synonym: (one sense, obsolete) imburse

Hypernyms

• compensate, pay

Derived terms

• reimbursable
• reimbursement
• reimburser

Related terms

• bursa, bursar, bursary
• purse

Translations

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Anagrams

• umbrieres