Reimbursers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. An individual or entity that provides repayment for expenses incurred by another party
2. someone responsible for compensating costs that someone else has already paid
3. an organization or person that refunds money to cover financial outlays made on behalf of others

Etymology: "Reimbursers" is the plural of "reimburser," an agent noun formed from "reimburse," meaning one who pays back. "Reimburse" combines "re-" (back) with "imburse," which means "to put into a purse." That base comes from Medieval Latin "imbursare," from Latin "in" (into) and "bursa" (purse), and "bursa" was borrowed from Greek "byrsa," meaning "hide" or "leather." Early purses were made of leather, so the word for a purse began as a word for the material it was made from.

Synonyms: refunders, compensators, repayers, reparators, restituters