pay, compensate, remunerate, satisfy, reimburse, indemnify, repay, recompense mean to give money or its equivalent in return for something. pay implies the discharge of an obligation incurred. …

COMPENSATED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of compensate 2. to pay someone money in exchange for something…. Learn more.

1. To offset; counterbalance. 2. To make satisfactory payment or reparation to; recompense or reimburse: Management compensated us for the time we worked. 3. To stabilize the purchasing …

The price of the item has been reduced to compensate for a defect. She was not compensated for the damage done to her car.

Definition of compensate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If someone is compensated for something unpleasant which has happened to them, they receive compensation for it. Farmers will be compensated for their losses.

com•pen•sate /ˈkɑmpənˌseɪt/ v., -sat•ed, -sat•ing. to pay (someone) for something lost, damaged, or missing so as to replace it; give (someone) an equivalent: [~ + object + for + object] Let me …

COMPENSATE definition: to recompense for something. See examples of compensate used in a sentence.

Compensate is about correcting for an imbalance. If you step in an unmarked pothole, the city may compensate you by paying your doctor bills treating a broken ankle. Compensate can also mean "to …

• The workers have still not been compensated for their loss of wages. • People are entitled to be compensated fully whenever they are injured by others' carelessness.