recapture

  • 11Recapture — Infobox Play name = Recapture image size = caption = writer = Preston Sturges chorus = characters = mute = setting = The Bellevue Superbe Palace Hotel in Vichy, France and the Villa Lune de Miel premiere = 29 January 1930 place = Eltinge 42nd… …

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  • 12recapture — 1. noun The act of capturing again. The recapture of the escaped prisoner made the news. 2. verb to capture something for a second or subsequent time, especially after a loss The warden hoped to recapture the escaped prisoners before they reached …

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  • 13recapture — re|cap|ture [ri:ˈkæptʃə US ər] v [T] 1.) to bring back the same feelings or qualities that you experienced in the past ▪ The film really recaptures the atmosphere of those days. 2.) to catch a prisoner or animal that has escaped ▪ He was… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14recapture — verb (T) 1 to bring back the same feelings or qualities that you experienced in the past: an attempt to recapture our childhood innocence 2 to catch a prisoner or animal that has escaped: They travelled only at night, to avoid being recaptured by …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15recapture — I. noun Date: 1752 1. a. the act of retaking b. an instance of being retaken 2. the retaking of a prize or goods under international law 3. a government seizure under law of earnings or profits beyond a fixed amount II. transitive verb Date: 1799 …

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  • 16recapture — recapturable, adj. /ree kap cheuhr/, v., recaptured, recapturing, n. v.t. 1. to capture again; recover by capture; retake. 2. (of a government) to take by recapture. 3. to recollect or reexperience (something past). n. 4. the recovery or retaking …

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  • 17Recapture — 1. A condition set by the seller of an asset that gives him/her the right to purchase back some or all of the assets within a certain period of time. 2. A situation where an individual must add back a deduction from a previous year to his or her… …

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  • 18recapture — A provision in a contract that allows one party to recover (recapture) some degree of possession of an asset, such as a share of the profits derived from some property. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …

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  • 19recapture — verb Recapture is used with these nouns as the object: ↑magic, ↑past, ↑splendour, ↑territory, ↑youth …

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  • 20recapture — re•cap•ture [[t]riˈkæp tʃər[/t]] v. tured, tur•ing, n. 1) to capture again; retake 2) (of a government) to take by recapture 3) cvb to recollect or reexperience (something past) 4) recovery or retaking by capture 5) the taking by the government… …

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