Okuzeka
Business English vocabulary · Business Travel and Events

Reimburse

Meaning in business english, with examples

/ˌriːɪmˈbɜːrs/verbCommon term

In business english, reimburse means: To pay back money that someone has spent, especially money spent on work-related costs such as travel or meals.

In Turkish: geri ödemek, masrafı karşılamak, iade etmek

How it is used

Formal and common in HR and finance: 'You will be reimbursed for travel costs', 'reimburse someone for something'. The noun is 'reimbursement'. In everyday speech people say 'pay back' or 'get the money back'.

Example sentences

  1. Candidates will be reimbursed for travel to the interview.

  2. Finance usually reimburses expenses within two weeks of approval.

Common collocations

  • reimburse someone for something
  • be reimbursed
  • reimburse expenses
  • fully reimbursed
  • expense reportA form or online report that lists the work-related money you have spent, with receipts, so that the company can pay you back.
  • receiptA piece of paper or an email that proves you have paid for something, showing what you bought, the price and the date.
  • business tripA journey you make for your job, for example to visit clients, attend a conference or work in another office.
  • budgetThe amount of money that a company, team or project plans to spend over a period of time, or the plan that shows this.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

More terms: Business Travel and Events

Practise with graded reading

Reading at the right level is the fastest way to make new words stick. Pick free English books by level: