com·pen·sate
/ˈkämpənˌsāt/
verb
verb: compensate; 3rd person
present: compensates
past tense: compensated
past participle: compensated
gerund or present participle: compensating
1.
• give (someone) something, typically money, in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury incurred; recompense.
Sentence
E.g. Payments were made to farmers to compensate them for cuts in subsidies.
Synonyms
- recompense
- repay
- pay back
- reimburse
- remunerate
• pay (someone) for work performed.
Sentence
E.g. He will be richly compensated for his efforts.
2.
• reduce or counteract (something unwelcome or unpleasant) by exerting an opposite force or effect.
Sentence
E.g. 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
• act so as to neutralize or correct (a deficiency or abnormality in a physical property or effect).
Sentence
E.g. The output voltage rises, compensating for the original fall.
• PSYCHOLOGY
- attempt to conceal or offset (a disability or frustration) by development in another direction.
Sentence
E.g. They put on grandiose airs to compensate for their feelings of worthlessness.
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