English-Thai Dictionary

recourse

N การ ขอความช่วยเหลือ  การ พึ่งพาอาศัย  resort kan-kor-kwam-chue-luea

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RECOURSE

n.[L. recursus; re and cursus, curro, to run. ] Literally, a running back; a return. 1. Return; a new attack. [Not in use. ]
2. A going to with a request or application, as for aid or protection. Children have recourse to their parents for assistance.
3. Application of efforts, art or labor. The general had recourse to stratagem to effect his purpose.
Our last recourse is therefore to our art.
4. Access. [Little used. ]
5. Frequent passage.

 

RECOURSE

v.i.To return. [Not used. ]

 

RECOURSEFUL

a.Moving alternately. [Not in use. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RECOURSE

Re *course " (r *krs "), n. Etym: [F. recours, L. recursus a running back, return, fr. recurrere, recursum, to run back. See Recur. ]

 

1. A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat; recurence. [Obs. ] "Swift recourse of flushing blood. " Spenser. Unto my first I will have my recourse. Chaucer. Preventive physic. .. preventeth sickness in the healthy, or the recourse thereof in the valetudinary. Sir T. Browne.

 

2. Recurrence in difficulty, perplexity, need, or the like; access or application for aid; resort. Thus died this great peer, in a time of great recourse unto him and dependence upon him. Sir H. Wotton.Our last recourse is therefore to our art. Dryden.

 

3. Access; admittance. [Obs. ] Give me recourse to him. Shak. Without recourse (Commerce ), words sometimes added to the indorsement of a negotiable instrument to protect the indorser from liability to the indorsee and subsequent holders. It is a restricted indorsement.

 

RECOURSE

RECOURSE Re *course ", v. i.

 

1. To return; to recur. [Obs. ] The flame departing and recoursing. Foxe.

 

2. To have recourse; to resort. [Obs. ] Bp. Hacket.

 

RECOURSEFUL

RECOURSEFUL Re *course "ful (-fl ), a.

 

Defn: Having recurring flow and ebb; moving alternately. [Obs. ] Drayton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

recourse

re course |ˈrēˌkôrs, riˈkôrs ˈriˌkɔrs | ▶noun [ in sing. ] a source of help in a difficult situation: surgery may be the only recourse. • (recourse to ) 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 | all three countries had recourse to the IMF for standby loans. • the legal right to demand compensation or payment: the bank has recourse against the exporter for losses incurred. PHRASES without recourse Finance a formula used to disclaim responsibility for future nonpayment, esp. of a negotiable financial instrument. 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. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

recourse

re |course |rɪˈkɔːs | ▶noun [ in sing. ] a source of help in a difficult situation: surgery may be the only recourse. • [ mass noun ] (recourse to ) 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 | all three countries had recourse to the IMF for standby loans. • [ mass noun ] the legal right to demand compensation or payment: the bank has recourse against the exporter for losses incurred. PHRASES without recourse Finance a formula used to disclaim responsibility for future non-payment, especially of a negotiable financial instrument. 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 ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

recourse

recourse noun surgery may be the only recourse: option, possibility, alternative, resort, way out, hope, remedy, choice, expedient. PHRASES have recourse to we had recourse to the national committee for additional funding: resort to, make use of, avail oneself of, turn to, call on, look to, fall back on.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

recourse

recourse noun surgery may be the only recourse: option, possibility, alternative, possible course of action, resort, way out, place /person to turn to, source of assistance, available resource, hope, remedy, choice, expedient; refuge. PHRASES have recourse to all three countries had recourse to the IMF for standby loans: resort to, make use of, use, avail oneself of, utilize, employ, turn to, call on, draw on, bring into play, bring into service, look to, appeal to; fall back on, run to.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

recourse

re course /ríːkɔː r s |rɪkɔ́ːs /名詞 1 U ｟かたく ｠ «…に » 頼ること «to » ; C 頼みとする物 [人 ], 頼みの綱 .2 U 〘法 〙償還請求 .h à ve r é course to A A 〈事 〉に訴える [頼る ].without r é course to A A 〈事 〉に訴える [頼る ]ことなく ; 〘法 〙償還請求に応ぜず .