Word: recoupment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: re
coup
ment
Definition: A reduction of the plaintiff's damages by keeping out a part.
Morphemes:
Affix: recoup
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: récupérer
Language: fr
Decoded: recuperer
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to reclaim, to recover
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.