So Peter left his two hundred and fifty dollars in the bank, having recouped the expenses of the first case out of his new client.
"The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him"
Paul Leicester Ford
Her evening attire was provided by Mrs. Tubbs, who recouped herself by withholding the promised wages for a certain number of weeks.
"The Nether World"
George Gissing
The cost of this structure would soon be recouped by the saving in labor, and with perfect certainty, if only the transport-ships were laden at Clysma with a profitable return freight of Alexandrian manufactures, instead of returning empty as they had hitherto done.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers