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   recourse

   /rɪˈkɔːs/

   noun

   • 1. a source of help in a difficult situation: "surgery may be the only recourse"
   • ▪ the use of (someone or something) as a source of help in a difficult situation: "a means of solving disputes without recourse to courts of law"
   • ▪ the legal right to demand compensation or payment: "the bank has recourse against the exporter for losses incurred"

   Word Origin late Middle English (also in the sense ‘running or flowing back’): from Old French recours, from Latin recursus, from re- ‘back, again’ + cursus ‘course, running’.

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