Word: reimbursement
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: re
im
burse
ment
Definition: The act of compensating someone for an expense.
Morphemes:
Affix: re-
Language: en
Meaning: back
Etymology Compounds: Affix: re-
Language: la
Decoded: re-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: back, backwards
Affix: im-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Expressing negation; not.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: im-
Language: la
Decoded: im-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: un-, non-, not
Affix: burse
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A fund or foundation for the maintenance of the needy scholars in their studies.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: bursa
Language: la
Decoded: bursa
PoS: Noun
Meaning: supply of money, funds
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.