Compensate
['kɒmpenseɪt] or ['kɑmpɛnset]
Definition
(verb.) make payment to; compensate; 'My efforts were not remunerated'.
(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'.
(verb.) adjust for; 'engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance'.
Edited by Ethelred--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses.
(v. t.) To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for.
(v. i.) To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation.
Typed by Jolin
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, make up for.[2]. Recompense, remunerate, reward.[3]. Requite, indemnify, reimburse, make amends to.
v. n. Atone, make compensation, make amends.
Checker: Thomas
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Atone, satisfy, remunerate, indemnity, reimburse, pay, requite, reward,recompense, make_amends_for
ANT:Defraud, deprive, cheat, dissatisfy, injure, damage
Typed by Harley
Definition
v.t. to reward suitably: to make amends for: to recompense: to counterbalance.—n. Compensā′tion act of compensating: reward for service: amends for loss sustained: (phys.) the neutralisation of opposing forces.—adjs. Compen′sative Compen′satory giving compensation.—n. Com′pensātor one who or that which compensates.—Compensation balance pendulum a balance-wheel or pendulum so constructed as to counteract the effect of the expansion and contraction of the metal under variation of temperature.
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Examples
- The latter, in each case, has in its circuit a resistance, R, to compensate for the resistance of the main line, so that there shall be no inequalities in the circuits. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I was not studious in habit, and probably did not make progress enough to compensate for the outlay for board and tuition. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It is only by means of such exportation, that this surplus can acquired value sufficient to compensate the labour and expense of producing it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Sincerely, then--what should you gain that would compensate for the possibility--the certainty--of a lot of beastly talk? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It does not, however, seem to rise in proportion to it, or so as to compensate it completely. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The French, in the beginning of the last war, did not derive so much advantage from this expedient as to compensate the loss of the fashion. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He will feel highly honoured, and thus you may repay a part of the obligation I owe him, and compensate for the injuries fortune has done him. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- His loss was a severe one to Lee, and compensated in a great measure for the mishap, or misapprehensions, which had fallen to our lot during the day. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- My brothers were considerably younger than myself; but I had a friend in one of my schoolfellows, who compensated for this deficiency. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The damage to the enemy in this expedition more than compensated for the losses we sustained. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- From his mother he had received only a slight mulatto tinge, amply compensated by its accompanying rich, dark eye. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The smallness of the probability is compensated by the greatness of the evil; and the sensation is equally lively, as if the evil were more probable. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- His industry and independence of character were such, that I imagine his labor compensated fully for the expense of his maintenance. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- When these drops or particles become large enough, they fall to the earth as rain or snow, and in this way the earth is compensated for the great loss of moisture due to evaporation. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In which compensating adjustment of their noses, they were pretty much like Treasury, Bar, and Bishop, and all the rest of them. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Besides these there are the compensating resistances and condensers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Its price, therefore, besides compensating all occasional losses, must afford something like the profit of insurance. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- What is called gross profit, comprehends frequently not only this surplus, but what is retained for compensating such extraordinary losses. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Like the rent of land, it is a neat produce, which remains, after completely compensating the whole risk and trouble of employing the stock. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The compensating resistances and condensers necessary for a duplex arrangement are shown in the diagram. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is the work of Nature which remains, after deducting or compensating every thing which can be regarded as the work of man. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- And the joy of this compensates for all the bitterness of knowledge and the sordidness of our humanity. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Editor: Sasha