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Reimburse

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To repay; to restore; to pay back. See 40 Neb. 854, 25 L. R. A. 774, 59 N. W. 755.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

To pay back. Philadelphia Trust, S. D. & I. Co. v. Audenreid, 83 Pa. 2G4.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The primary meaning of this word is "to pay back." Philadelphia Trust, etc., Co. v. Audenreid, 83 Pa. 264. It means to make return or restoration of an equivalent for something puid, expended or lost; to Indemnify or make whole.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

To pay back again. This, the primary, meaning is to be imputed where not controlled by contract stipulations.^ Compare Disbursement.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

In the absence of any stipulations to the contrary, the primary meaning, to pay back, must be imputed to the word reimburse in a contract. Phila^ delphia Trust, &c. Ins. Co. v. Audenreid, 83 Pa. St. 257.