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   Com·pen·sate

   /ˈkämpənˌsāt/

   

   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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   The meaning of COMPENSATE is to be equivalent to : counterbalance. How to use compensate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Compensate.

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

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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.

7. www.thefreedictionary.com › compensateCompensate - definition of compensate by The Free Dictionary

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   1. to make amends to (someone), esp for loss or injury. 2. ( tr) to serve as compensation or damages for (injury, loss, etc) 3. (General Engineering) to offset or counterbalance the effects of (a force, weight, movement, etc) so as to nullify the effects of an undesirable influence and produce equilibrium.

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › compensateCOMPENSATE definition and meaning | Collins English 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 that money or those things. The official promise to compensate people for the price rise clearly hadn't been worked out properly.