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   compensate

   /ˈkɒmp(ə)nseɪt/

   verb

   • 1. 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" Similar recompenserepaypay backreimburseremuneraterecouprequiteindemnifysettle up withsettle accounts with
   • ▪ pay (someone) for work performed: "he will be richly compensated for his efforts"
   • 2. 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" Similar make amendsmake upmake restitutionmake reparationmake recompenserecompenseatonerequitepayexpiatemake goodput to rightsrectifyoffsetsquare
   • ▪ act so as to neutralize or correct (a deficiency or abnormality in a physical property or effect): "the output voltage rises, compensating for the original fall" Similar balancebalance outcounterbalancecounteractcounterpoisecountervailmake up foroffsetcancel outneutralizenullifyeven upsquare uprare:equilibrizenegativecounterweigh
   • ▪ attempt to conceal or offset (a disability or frustration) by development in another direction: "they put on grandiose airs to compensate for their feelings of worthlessness"

   Word Origin mid 17th century (in the sense ‘counterbalance’): from Latin compensat- ‘weighed against’, from the verb compensare, from com- ‘together’ + pensare (frequentative of pendere ‘weigh’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. compensative adjective
   • 2. compensator noun

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › compensateCompensate Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   1. : to be equivalent to : counterbalance. Her virtues compensate her faults. 2. : to make an appropriate and usually counterbalancing payment to. compensate the victims for their loss. 3. a. : to provide with means of counteracting variation. compensate a magnetic needle. b. : to neutralize the effect of (variations) intransitive verb. 1.

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   COMPENSATE definition: 1. to pay someone money in exchange for something that has been lost or damaged or for some…. Learn more.

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   Compensate definition: to recompense for something. See examples of COMPENSATE used in a sentence.

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   COMPENSATE meaning: 1. to pay someone money in exchange for something that has been lost or damaged or for some…. Learn more.

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   If you compensate for a lack of something or for something you have done wrong, you do something to make the situation better. The company agreed to keep up high levels of output in order to compensate for supplies lost.

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   To compensate for or make good (a defect, loss, etc.); to make up for (the lack or absence of something) by providing a substitute. Also…

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   Compensate is about correcting for an imbalance. If you step in an unmarked pothole, the city may compensate you by paying your doctor bills treating a broken ankle.

9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishcompensate verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   [transitive] compensate somebody (for something) to pay somebody money because they have suffered some damage, loss, injury, etc. Her lawyers say she should be compensated for the suffering she had been caused.

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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 that money or those things. 2. If you compensate for a lack of something or for something you have done wrong, you do something to make the situation better.

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    verb. compensated, compensates, compensating. To make up for; be a counterbalance to in weight, force, etc. Webster's New World. To make equivalent or suitable return to; recompense; pay. To compensate an owner for land taken by a city. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To serve to balance or offset something.