Dictionary Definition
compensate
Verb
1 adjust or make up for; "engineers will work to
correct the effects or air resistance" [syn: counterbalance, correct, even out,
even
off, even
up]
2 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" [syn: recompense, repair, indemnify]
3 make up for shortcomings or a feeling of
inferiority by exaggerating good qualities; "he is compensating for
being a bad father" [syn: cover, overcompensate]
4 make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs
done to the victims of the Holocaust" [syn: right, redress, correct] [ant: wrong]
5 do or give something to somebody in return;
"Does she pay you for the work you are doing?" [syn: pay, pay off, make up]
6 make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were
not remunerated" [syn: recompense, remunerate]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) /ˈkɒmpənseɪt/
- (US) /"kAmp@nseIt/
Verb
Derived terms
Translations
To pay someone in exchange for work done or some
other consideration
To make up for; to do something in place of
something else; to correct or fill
- Finnish: kompensoida
- German: kompensieren
- Hebrew: לפצות (le'fatzot)
- Japanese: 補填する (hoten-suru)
Verb
compensate- Form of Second-person plural imperative, compensare#Italian|compensare
Extensive Definition
Compensation can refer to...
- Damages
- legal term referring to the financial compensation recoverable by
reason of another's breach of duty; the money paid or awarded to a
plaintiff
- Workers' compensation, to protect employees who have incurred work-related injuries. Example is the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.
- Remuneration, such as a wage or salary to pay people for their work
- Executive compensation
- Deferred compensation
- Nationalization compensation, compensation paid in the event of nationalization of property
- Defence mechanism, as in psychology
- Compensation (psychology)
- Compensation (engineering)
- Compensation (chess), various advantages a player has in exchange for a disadvantage
- Compensation (essay), by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Biological compensation, the characteristic pattern of bending of the plant or mushroom stem after turning from the normal vertical position.
compensate in German: Kompensation
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abrogate, accommodate, adjust, alternate, amend, annul, atone, atone for, balance, bandy, be quits with, better, cancel, change, commute, cooperate, coordinate, correct, counteract, counterbalance, counterchange, counterpoise, countervail, cover, do penance, emend, equalize, equate, even, even up, exchange, expiate, fee, fill up, fit, fix up, get back at, get even
with, get satisfaction, give and take, give satisfaction, guerdon, improve, indemnify, integrate, interchange, invalidate, level, live down, logroll, make all square, make
amends, make compensation, make good, make matters up, make
reparation, make requital, make restitution, make retribution, make
right, make up, make up for, negate, negative, neutralize, nullify, offset, outweigh, pay, pay back, pay by installments,
pay damages, pay off, pay on, pay reparations, pay the forfeit, pay
the penalty, permute,
poise, prepay, propitiate, proportion, put right, put
straight, put to rights, quit, reciprocate, recompense, recoup, rectify, redeem, redress, refund, reimburse, remedy, remit, remunerate, render, repair, repay, requite, respond, retaliate, return, return the compliment,
reward, right, salary, satisfy, set off, set right, set
straight, set to rights, set up, square, square it, square things,
strike a balance, swap,
switch, tender, trade, transpose