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Compensate
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What's The Definition Of Compensate?
[v] make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated"
[v] make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident" [v] do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?" [v] make reparations or amends for; "right a wrong" [v] make up for, make good [v] make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities; "he is compensating for being a bad father" Synonyms | Synonyms for Compensate: correct | counterbalance | even off | even out | even up | indemnify | make up | pay off | recompense | redress | remunerate | repair | right Related Terms | Find terms related to Compensate: abrogate | accommodate | adjust | alternate | amend | annul | atone | atone for | balance | bandy | be quits with | better | cancel | change | commute | cooperate | coordinate | correct | counteract | counterbalance | counterchange | counterpoise | countervail | cover | do penance | emend | equalize | equate | even | even up | exchange | expiate | fee | fill up | fit | fix up | get back at | get even with | get satisfaction | give and take | give satisfaction | guerdon | improve | indemnify | integrate | interchange | invalidate | level | live down | logroll | make all square | make amends | make compensation | make good | make matters up | make reparation | make requital | make restitution | make retribution | make right | make up | make up for | negate | negative | neutralize | nullify | offset | outweigh | pay | pay back | pay by installments | pay damages | pay off | pay on | pay reparations | pay the forfeit | pay the penalty | permute | poise | prepay | propitiate | proportion | put right | put straight | put to rights | quit | reciprocate | recompense | recoup | rectify | redeem | redress | refund | reimburse | remedy | remit | remunerate | render | repair | repay | requite | respond | retaliate | return | return the compliment | reward | right | salary | satisfy | set off | set right | set straight | set to rights | set up | square | square it | square things | strike a balance | swap | switch | tender | trade | transpose See Also | aby | abye | alter | atone | balance | carry | change | compensate | compensate | counterbalance | cover | equilibrate | equilibrise | equilibrize | even off | even out | even up | expiate | fix | get | give | overcompensate | overcompensate | over-correct | pay | pay back | recoup | reimburse | settle Compensate In Webster's Dictionary \Com"pen*sate\ (? or ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Compensated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compensating}.] [L.
compensatus, p. p. of compensare, prop., to weigh several
things with one another, to balance with one another, verb
intens. fr. compendere. See {Compendium}.]
1. To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to
give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to
compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his
losses.
2. To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance;
to make up for; to make amends for.
The length of the night and the dews thereof do
compensate the heat of the day. --Bacon.
The pleasures of life do not compensate the
miseries. --Prior.
Syn: To recompense; remunerate; indemnify; reward; requite;
counterbalance.
\Com"pen*sate\, v. i. To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation. |
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