Definition of recoups:
(v) :
(transitive, intransitive) To make back (an investment or similar).
(v) :
(transitive) To reimburse; to indemnify; often used reflexively and in the passive voice.
(v) :
(intransitive) To recover from an error.
(v) :
(law, transitive) 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.