Synonyms for reimbursement
- noun
Most common
refund repayment indemnity indemnification remuneration redress
All synonyms
Noun
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of compensating someone for an expense.
Employees can claim reimbursement for travel expenses.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- compensation payment
Forms
- Plural
- reimbursements → repayments, indemnifications, indemnities, refunds…
Example sentences
- refund They'll refund your money if you're not satisfied.
- repayment Student loan repayment begins next month.
- remuneration What are your expectations in terms of remuneration?
- redress You have a right to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| reimbursement | falling | |
| refund | falling | |
| repayment | falling | |
| indemnity | falling | |
| indemnification | steady | |
| remuneration | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- return2, refund2, amends2
- 7 letters
- redress2
- 8 letters
- requital
- 9 letters
- repayment3, atonement3, indemnity4
- 10 letters
- recompense3, reparation4
- 11 letters
- restitution4
- 12 letters
- satisfaction4, remuneration5
- 15 letters
- indemnification6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (return2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- remboursement
- Italiano
- rimborso
- Español
- reembolso
- Deutsch
- Rückzahlung