have+recourse

  • 11recourse — The right to seek repayment of debt. Usually used to describe the right to seek repayment from an originator or prior endorser who sold or assigned debt to another party. American Banker Glossary Term describing a type of loan. If a loan is with… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 12recourse — noun (formal) ADJECTIVE ▪ constant, frequent ▪ limited (esp. BrE), little ▪ Drivers have little recourse but to wait until the weather clears. ▪ no other …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 13recourse — resource, resort, recourse 1. The three words all have to do with finding help or support and are chiefly distinguished from one another by the typical phrase patterns in which they operate. These are given in the table below. resource a simple… …

    Modern English usage

  • 14recourse — [[t]rɪkɔ͟ː(r)s[/t]] N UNCOUNT: usu N to n If you achieve something without recourse to a particular course of action, you succeed without carrying out that action. To have recourse to a particular course of action means to have to do that action… …

    English dictionary

  • 15recourse — n. to have recourse to * * * [rɪ kɔːs] to have recourse to …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 16recourse — noun formal have recourse to to use something to help you when you are in a difficult situation: without recourse to (=without having to use something): We hope to solve this problem without recourse to further borrowing …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17recourse — /rəˈkɔs / (say ruh kaws) noun 1. resort or application to a person or thing for help or protection, as when in difficulty: to have recourse to someone. 2. a person or thing resorted to for help or protection. 3. Commerce the right to resort to a… …

  • 18recourse — /ree kawrs, kohrs, ri kawrs , kohrs /, n. 1. access or resort to a person or thing for help or protection: to have recourse to the courts for justice. 2. a person or thing resorted to for help or protection. 3. the right to collect from a maker… …

    Universalium

  • 19recourse — re|course [ ri,kɔrs, rı kɔrs ] noun uncount FORMAL the use of something so that you can get what you want or need in a difficult situation: We hope a settlement can be reached without recourse to legal action. The system allows doctors to have… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 20recourse — noun surgery may be the only recourse have recourse to Syn: option, possibility, alternative, resort, way out, hope, remedy, choice, expedient …

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