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.

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

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 …

[transitive] compensate somebody (for something) to pay somebody money because they have suffered some damage, loss, injury, etc. Her lawyers say she should be compensated for the suffering she …

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 …

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

Compensate can also mean "to adjust for." So, if you did stumble into the pothole and injure your left leg, then you might compensate by leaning heavily on your right leg. Increasingly, compensate is …

compensated Add to list Definitions of compensated adjective receiving or eligible for compensation synonyms: remunerated, salaried, stipendiary