# reimburse

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˌɹiːɪmˈbɜː(ɹ)s/ · frequency rank #26,936

## Definitions
1. To compensate with payment; especially, to repay money spent on one's behalf.

## Etymology
1591, 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).

## Common misspellings (13)
`erimburse`, `reibmurse`, `reimbburse`, `reimbruse`, `reimbures`, `reimburrse`, `reimbursse`, `reimbusre`, `reimmburse`, `reimubrse`, `remiburse`, `riemburse`, `rreimburse`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/reimburse