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verb pay back for some expense incurred
verb reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
origin1591, re- (“back”) + imburse (“pay”, literally “put in a purse”) (perhaps after Middle French rembourser or Italian rimborsàre), from Middle French embourser, from Old French en- (“in”) + borser (“to get money”), from borse (“purse”), from Medieval Latin bursa (English purse).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0