[
UK
/kˈɒmpənsˌeɪt/
]
[ US /ˈkɑmpənˌseɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈkɑmpənˌseɪt/ ]
VERB
-
make payment to; compensate
My efforts were not remunerated -
make reparations or amends for
right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust -
do or give something to somebody in return
Does she pay you for the work you are doing? -
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 -
make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
he is compensating for being a bad father -
adjust for
engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
How To Use compensate In A Sentence
- So they set up this fund to compensate victims in serious cases of abuse.
- Derek constantly overcompensates for his lack of intelligence by proclaiming himself the smartest man alive.
- ‘I only wish farmers could be fully compensated for the incompetence, inefficiency and neglect of the Department over which Mrs Beckett presides,’ he said.
- As for the national outpouring of ersatz grief, reminiscent of the scenes that followed the death of Princess Diana, it surely spoke not of feeling but of an egotistical inability to feel, compensated for by outward show.
- The husband is required to return these assets to the wife at the end of the marriage; should the woman be divorced or should the husband predecease the wife, these assets return to her and she is to be compensated for any damage caused to them. Marriage.
- Were the families of those who did not survive captivity fairly compensated?
- Prisons overbook for the same reason holiday camps do: to compensate for the inevitable number of detainees who fail to show up for confirmed reservations for one reason or another, or those who escape. Welsh prisons overbooked
- Economic theory shows that * everybody* could be better off if the losers are compensated from the country's gains. Trade Policy, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
- But when nature's protective mechanism overcompensates and precautions aren't taken, there is a danger of blood clots.
- If I am injured in body or pocket I expect the person causing that injury to compensate me for any losses that I incur unless it has been a genuine accident.