To repay someone for money spent or a cost incurred on the relevant activity.
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Words that belong together
- reimburse expenses
- reimburse someone for travel
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The organization reimbursed expenses supported by the required records.
The agreement reimbursed her for travel but did not pay for the time spent preparing the visit.
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Word forms
- Base
- reimburse
- Past tense
- reimbursed
- Past participle
- reimbursed
- Present participle
- reimbursing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- reimburse
- Present continuous
- am/is/are reimbursing
- Present perfect
- have/has reimbursed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been reimbursing
- Past
- reimbursed
- Past continuous
- was/were reimbursing
- Past perfect
- had reimbursed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been reimbursing
- Future
- will reimburse
- Future continuous
- will be reimbursing
- Future perfect
- will have reimbursed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been reimbursing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: reimburse; reimburses; reimbursed; reimbursed; reimbursing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: economic process explanation, financial distinction, incentive analysis, institutional change. Disciplines: economics, business, public policy. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: reimburses.
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