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Example sentences for "recoup"

Lexicographically close words:
recouery; recount; recounted; recounting; recounts; recouped; recouping; recours; recourse; recover
  1. That the outrage system sprang from the ejectment system; and "(4) That it was necessary for Parliament to intervene to compel the landlord to recoup the tenant on eviction for his outlay on the land.

  2. He could not pay the increased rental--he had spent himself on the land; he needed time to recoup himself for his outlay and labour.

  3. He was one of the assistant conductors on the stage during the festival, and afterward conducted the preliminary rehearsals for the concerts which Wagner gave in London and elsewhere to recoup himself for the losses made at the festival.

  4. It cannot, so readily as a railroad, recoup itself for losses on competitive business or at competitive points by falling back upon its earnings from way stations.

  5. The master, of course, could recoup himself by lowering the quality of the product, but when he did that he lost a telling argument in bargaining with the consumer or the retail merchant.

  6. The cooperators, in their eagerness to get a market, frequently undersold the private employer expecting to recoup their present losses in future profits.

  7. It has been an essential part of the purchase policy that the instalment due by the occupier to recoup the State advance should be less than the rent.

  8. The exchequer was, moreover, permitted to retain grants due for various purposes in Ireland and to recoup itself out of them in case of any combined refusal to repay on the part of tenants.

  9. The Exchequer was empowered to retain grants due for various purposes in Ireland and to recoup itself in proportion to the defalcation in any county.

  10. Appointees receive their positions for "political services" rendered, or in return for a "campaign contribution" for which they may hope to recoup themselves when in office.

  11. From these data I infer that the Western Union owes me 75 cents; that is to say, the amount paid for combined wire and land transportation--a recoup provided for in the printed paragraph which heads the telegraph-blank.

  12. The defendant's profits may not entirely recoup the plaintiff for the damage he has suffered, and in that event he is entitled to an inquiry into damages to supplement his compensation.

  13. His servants collected the money at the door, and he retained half the gross profits to recoup himself.

  14. They are forced to admit that it grew out of an attempt to increase the income of railroads by the extension of favors to naturally weak enterprises and to recoup by overtaxing stronger ones.

  15. The active business and speculative classes can usually take care of themselves in the midst of the confusion produced by inflation and recoup themselves for their increasing outlays.

  16. Lastly, it is well known that neutrals who are owed money by England unfortunately find it convenient to utilize the sterling exchange in New York in order to recoup themselves in dollars.

  17. Or does it mean that he foresees defeat and is taking this way to recoup himself under cover of being held up?

  18. It is true that the Treasury would still be able to recoup itself for this loss in the value of the bonds by exercising its prior lien on the assets of the banks.

  19. Was it part of his plan to get control of the little fortune of Violet to recoup his losses?

  20. But if they afterwards tried to recoup their losses by raising prices as they do now, we might get after them with a tax commensurate with their asinine generosity, and keep after them till other concerns got well on their feet.

  21. He dropped out of this service in middle life, with hardly a dollar in his pocket, and planned to recoup his fortunes by marriage with Pompilia, the heiress of the well-to-do Comparini.

  22. With the assistance of Abate Paolo, he planned to recoup his fortunes by a bourgeois marriage.

  23. In this lucky juncture, Abate Paolo, wishing to take advantage of his good fortune, thought to provide a wife for his brother Guido and to recoup his family fortunes by a rich dowry.

  24. Could he not be made in some measure to recoup the treasury for the outlay he occasioned?

  25. Jim, it was tough to sit there and listen to the schemes to recoup that this old gentleman and this girl, for she is only twenty-one, have tried to hatch up.

  26. Still, he had trusted that by taking a vigorous part in the railroad struggle he would be able either to recoup his fortunes or at least to effect a compromise in the shadow of which his fiasco at Hope would be forgotten.

  27. O'Neil soon found that the accounts he had received of Gordon's last attempt to recoup his fortunes were in no way exaggerated.

  28. Our expenses had been so enormous that we were anxious to make enough to recoup them, so it had been agreed that the first batch of bogus bills should not exceed the amount paid out since leaving Rio.

  29. The middleman landlord, speculative lessee or trading tenant who leased Astor's land and put up tenements or buildings, necessarily had to recoup himself for the high tribute that he had to pay to Astor.

  30. Let them once get the upper hand, and they can very soon recoup themselves.

  31. The relative offered to take the land, believing that he could soon recoup himself the loan, but Malone held on with iron grip, refusing to listen to the voice of the charmer, charmed he never so wisely.

  32. They shall come like a roaring tide, and she shall recoup herself for every loss--in purse and prestige.

  33. Enid will recoup you for all you have suffered.


  34. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "recoup" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    atone; compensate; find; get; pick; quit; ransom; recapture; reclaim; reclamation; recoup; recover; recovery; recruit; recuperate; recuperation; redeem; redemption; redress; refund; regain; reimburse; renovate; repay; replace; replevin; repossess; requite; rescue; restoration; restore; resume; resumption; retake; retrieval; retrieve; revival; revive; salvage