compensate

Betekenis (Engels)

1. To do (something good) after (something bad) happens.
2. To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
3. (ambitransitive) 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.
4. To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.

Sinonieme

reimburse

indemnify

recompense

pay

💸

repay

remunerate

reward

make up for

make up

make amends

redress

refund

offset

counterbalance

repair

pay back

correct

recoup

atone

requite

cover

disburse

counterpoise

make good

pay for

make reparations

right

renumerate

indemn

pay off

even off

even out

balance

neutralize

redeem

overcompensate

countervail

even up

settle

balance out

equalize

equilibrate

pay a fine

pay damages

restitute

stolen goods

worth the trouble

make payment

meet one’s wish

make reparation

Vertalings

compenser

compensar

indemniser

compensar

💸

vergoeden

compenseren

ausgleichen

compensare

entschädigen

compensar

kompensieren

risarcire

goedmaken

αποζημιώνω

indennizzare

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈkɒm.pən.seɪt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Latin compēnsātus, perfect passive participle of compensō (“to weight together one thing against another, balance, make good”), -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more.