Definition of "reimburse" []

• To repay (money spent); refund. (verb-transitive)
• To pay back or compensate (another party) for money spent or losses incurred. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Out of the £2010 Purnell would "reimburse" his ex-fiance, Lucy Walker."
• "She said she thought her campaign would "reimburse" Wade for her share."
• "She said then that the bill was so high because Wade bought several expensive bottles of wine to take home and that she had expected her campaign to "reimburse" Wade for her share of the meal."