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com·pen·sate
com·pen·sate/ˈkämpənˌsāt/
verb
- give (someone) something, typically money, in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury incurred; recompense."payments were made to farmers to compensate them for cuts in subsidies"synonyms: recompense, repay, pay back, reimburse, remunerate, recoup, requite, indemnify, settle up with, settle accounts with
- reduce or counteract (something unwelcome or unpleasant) by exerting an opposite force or effect."the manager is hoping for victory to compensate for the team's dismal league campaign"synonyms: make amends, make up, make restitution, make reparation, make recompense, recompense, atone, requite, pay, expiate, make good, put to rights, rectify, offset, square, balance, balance out, counterbalance, counteract, counterpoise, countervail, make up for, cancel out, neutralize, nullify, even up, square up, equilibrize, negative, counterweigh
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Apr 17, 2024 · compensate implies a making up for services rendered. an attorney well compensated for her services.
to provide something good or useful in place of something or to make someone feel better about something that has failed or been lost or missed:.
Compensate combats climate change by offering everyone easy access to high-quality carbon projects. For offsetting to have an impact, it must be done right.
Mechanics. to counterbalance (a force or the like); adjust or construct so as to offset or counterbalance variations or produce equilibrium.
[+ object] : to give money or something else of value to (someone) in return for something (such as work) or as payment for something lost, damaged, etc.
COMPENSATE definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
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To compensate someone for money or things that they have lost means to pay them money or give them something to replace those things.