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List of meaning for compensate

to give a form of payment for a good or service or as a means of making up for a misdeed

compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even up(verb)

adjust for

"engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"

compensate, recompense, repair, indemnify(verb)

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"

cover, compensate, overcompensate(verb)

make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities

"he is compensating for being a bad father"

right, compensate, redress, correct(verb)

make reparations or amends for

"right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"

pay, pay off, make up, compensate(verb)

do or give something to somebody in return

"Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"

compensate, recompense, remunerate(verb)

make payment to; compensate

"My efforts were not remunerated"

to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury

you'll have to compensate the neighbors for cutting down their tree

to give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received

compensate them well for their efforts

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