Recoup

[Slava]

As we just had recuperate, I thought this was a good follow-on as it sounds like they should be related, but seem not to be:

From dictionary.com:

verb (used with object)
1. to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
2. to regain or recover.
3. to reimburse or indemnify; pay back: to recoup a person for expenses.
4. Law. to withhold (a portion of something due), having some rightful claim to do so.
–verb (used without object)
5. to get back an equivalent, as of something lost.
6. Law. to plead in defense a claim arising out of the same subject matter as the plaintiff's claim.
–noun
7. an act of recouping.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < MF recouper to cut back, cut again, equiv. to re- re- + couper to cut; see coup 1

Related forms:
re⋅coup⋅a⋅ble, adjective
re⋅coup⋅ment, noun

Synonyms:
1. recover, restore, retrieve, balance. 3. recompense, remunerate.

[skinem]

I hope we can recoup, recover, retrieve or restore some of this bail-out money so that my unborn grandchildren won't be paying for it.