Compensate

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  • intransitive verb. To offset; counterbalance.
  • intransitive verb. To make satisfactory payment or reparation to; recompense or reimburse.
  • intransitive verb. To stabilize the purchasing power of (a monetary unit) by changing the gold content in order to counterbalance price variations.
  • intransitive verb. To serve as or provide a substitute or counterbalance.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To give a substitute of equal value to; give an equivalent to; recompense: as, to compensate a laborer for his work or a merchant for his losses.
  • To make up for; counterbalance; make amends for.
  • In mech., to construct so as to effect compensation for the results of variations of temperature. See compensation, 4.
  • Synonyms Recompense, Remunerate, etc. (see indemnify), reward.
  • To supply or serve as an equivalent; make amends; atone: followed by for: as, what can compensate for the loss of honor?
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for.
  • transitive verb. To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably.
  • transitive verb. To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
  • verb. To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.
  • verb. To adjust or adapt to a change; often a negative, (harmful, or depriving) or undesired one.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. make payment to; compensate
  • verb. make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
  • verb. do or give something to somebody in return
  • verb. adjust for
  • verb. make reparations or amends for
  • verb. make amends for; pay compensation for
  • Word Usage
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