different between recapture vs recoupment

English

Etymology

re- +? capture

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æpt??(?)

Noun

recapture (plural recaptures)

1. The act of capturing again.

   The recapture of the escaped prisoner made the news.

   Synonym: recatch

2. That which is captured back; a prize retaken.
3. (finance) The retroactive collection of taxes that were not collectible at the time.

Translations

Verb

recapture (third-person singular simple present recaptures, present participle recapturing, simple past and past participle recaptured)

1. To capture something for a second or subsequent time, especially after a loss.

   The warden hoped to recapture the escaped prisoners before they reached the town.

   New engine designs permit the vehicle to recapture the kinetic energy lost through braking.

Translations

Anagrams

• crepature

French

Noun

recapture f (plural recaptures)

1. recapture

Spanish

Verb

recapture

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of recapturar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of recapturar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of recapturar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of recapturar.

English

Etymology

From recoup +? -ment

Noun

recoupment (countable and uncountable, plural recoupments)

1. A recovery of what had been lost; reimbursement.
   • 1879, John Neilson Taylor, A Treatise on the American Law of Landlord and Tenant, page 321

     The doctrine of recoupment is of recent growth, hardly preceding in its origin the beginning of the present century.

2. (law) A reduction of the plaintiff's damages by keeping out a part.

Related terms

• recoup