compensate
Significat (Anglès)
- To do (something good) after (something bad) happens.
- To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
- (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.
- To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.
Sinònims
make up for
pay for
make reparations
even off
countervail
pay a fine
pay damages
stolen goods
worth the trouble
make payment
meet one’s wish
make reparation
Traduccions
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Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈkɒm.pən.seɪt/
Etimologia (Anglès)
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.
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