Compensate
verb
To give something to someone to make up for a loss or problem.
The company compensated him for the damage to his car.
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- compensate for loss
- compensate for damage
verb
To make a change that reduces the bad effect of something.
He has a disability, but he compensates with determination and hard work.
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- compensate for shortcomings
- compensate for disadvantages
verb
To pay someone money for work they have done.
The workers were adequately compensated for their labors.
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- compensate for work
- compensate for time
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Business
verb
To give something to someone to make up for a loss or problem.
The company compensated him for the damage to his car.
Often appears as...
- compensate for loss
- compensate for damage
verb
To make a change that reduces the bad effect of something.
He has a disability, but he compensates with determination and hard work.
Often appears as...
- compensate for shortcomings
- compensate for disadvantages
verb
To pay someone money for work they have done.
The workers were adequately compensated for their labors.
Often appears as...
- compensate for work
- compensate for time
Usage tips
Business
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Aspect
Compensate may carry emotional weight, implying empathy towards the loss or problem experienced.
The jury compensated the victim's family, acknowledging their profound loss.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Money
Compensation isn't just financial; it can also be in kind, like services or goods.
To compensate for the neighbor's broken window, he offered his handyman skills.
Pro Tip 3/3No Exact Measures
When compensating, it's often difficult to quantify what exactly makes up for a loss.
She tried to compensate for the missed birthday by planning a surprise trip.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Aspect
Compensate may carry emotional weight, implying empathy towards the loss or problem experienced.
The jury compensated the victim's family, acknowledging their profound loss.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Money
Compensation isn't just financial; it can also be in kind, like services or goods.
To compensate for the neighbor's broken window, he offered his handyman skills.
Pro Tip 3/3No Exact Measures
When compensating, it's often difficult to quantify what exactly makes up for a loss.
She tried to compensate for the missed birthday by planning a surprise trip.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Aspect
Compensate may carry emotional weight, implying empathy towards the loss or problem experienced.
The jury compensated the victim's family, acknowledging their profound loss.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Money
Compensation isn't just financial; it can also be in kind, like services or goods.
To compensate for the neighbor's broken window, he offered his handyman skills.
Pro Tip 3/3No Exact Measures
When compensating, it's often difficult to quantify what exactly makes up for a loss.
She tried to compensate for the missed birthday by planning a surprise trip.
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Is there any truth to...
he cobbled together fragments of myth and poetry to compensate for the almost complete lack of official records. A few of his sources contained mentions of Arthur, and some others were realistic accounts of battles and places. But many featured mythic heroes fighting long odds with the help of magical swords and sorcery.
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Searching for the...
their animals they would be compensated for their loss there was a lot of resistance to this idea especially among the older people bachara presented the idea to a group of young men they started with yak calves the most valuable animals charo helped them calculate what the premiums would be
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How do animals see in...
experience a rich and varied world bursting with details, shapes, and colors. What is it, then, that separates moths from men? Moths and many other nocturnal animals see at night because their eyes are adapted to compensate for the lack of light. All eyes, whether nocturnal or not,
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How do nuclear power...
to scatter and slow down neutrons just enough to increase their capture by uranium and raise the rate of fission. Modern reactors commonly use purified water as a moderator, but the scattered neutrons are still a little too fast. To compensate and keep up the chain reaction,
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History vs. Che Guevara...
some of this uncultivated land back to the people while compensating the landowners. But he was overthrown in a CIA-sponsored coup. The military was protecting against the seizure of private property and communist takeover. They were protecting corporate profits
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Religions and babies PIPE...
It's the other way around. In the world today, it's the countries that have the highest mortality rates that have the fastest population growth. Because the death of a child is compensated by one more child. These countries have six children per woman.
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What are the universal...
mostly monitor and investigate violations, but they cannot force states to, say, change a policy or compensate a victim. That's why some critics say it's naive to consider human rights a given in a world where state interests wield so much power.
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Simple Sex and the Birth...
most significant events in life on earth the smaller types were more mobile and so monopolized the matings but the mates of the little cheats could only produce viable offspring if they grew fat to compensate for their partner's lack of
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Tech that helps the...
stuck in my mind few years ago now that the ideas truck it may not be possible to make the sibility go away but it could be possible to harness computer science to compensate for the loss of vision it means it is within the reach of
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Get comfortable with...
like the time when I was asked to speak at a conference, and they wanted me to pay my way there. And then I did some research and found out the white men who spoke there got compensated and got their travel paid for.
Video examples
Is there any truth to...
he cobbled together fragments of myth and poetry to compensate for the almost complete lack of official records. A few of his sources contained mentions of Arthur, and some others were realistic accounts of battles and places. But many featured mythic heroes fighting long odds with the help of magical swords and sorcery.
Video examples
Searching for the...
their animals they would be compensated for their loss there was a lot of resistance to this idea especially among the older people bachara presented the idea to a group of young men they started with yak calves the most valuable animals charo helped them calculate what the premiums would be
Video examples
How do animals see in...
experience a rich and varied world bursting with details, shapes, and colors. What is it, then, that separates moths from men? Moths and many other nocturnal animals see at night because their eyes are adapted to compensate for the lack of light. All eyes, whether nocturnal or not,
Video examples
How do nuclear power...
to scatter and slow down neutrons just enough to increase their capture by uranium and raise the rate of fission. Modern reactors commonly use purified water as a moderator, but the scattered neutrons are still a little too fast. To compensate and keep up the chain reaction,
Video examples
History vs. Che Guevara...
some of this uncultivated land back to the people while compensating the landowners. But he was overthrown in a CIA-sponsored coup. The military was protecting against the seizure of private property and communist takeover. They were protecting corporate profits
Video examples
Religions and babies PIPE...
It's the other way around. In the world today, it's the countries that have the highest mortality rates that have the fastest population growth. Because the death of a child is compensated by one more child. These countries have six children per woman.
Video examples
What are the universal...
mostly monitor and investigate violations, but they cannot force states to, say, change a policy or compensate a victim. That's why some critics say it's naive to consider human rights a given in a world where state interests wield so much power.
Video examples
Simple Sex and the Birth...
most significant events in life on earth the smaller types were more mobile and so monopolized the matings but the mates of the little cheats could only produce viable offspring if they grew fat to compensate for their partner's lack of
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Tech that helps the...
stuck in my mind few years ago now that the ideas truck it may not be possible to make the sibility go away but it could be possible to harness computer science to compensate for the loss of vision it means it is within the reach of
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Get comfortable with...
like the time when I was asked to speak at a conference, and they wanted me to pay my way there. And then I did some research and found out the white men who spoke there got compensated and got their travel paid for.
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James P. Hoffa
American Businessman
Workers want to be paid an honest, fair wage for the work they do. They want to be able to provide for their families by being justly compensated for their part in helping grow the U.S. economy. They deserve to be able to put food on the table and receive health care and other benefits.
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Yuri Milner
Russian Businessman
I think top scientists need to be compensated at a different scale in society. Somebody with experience will tell you that true scientists are not motivated by money - they are motivated by the quest itself. That is true. But I think an additional recognition will not hurt.
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Granit Xhaka
Swiss Athlete
Everyone fights for everyone else. If someone has a bad day, then the others are there for him. And if a player makes a mistake, then the others can compensate for that. Those sorts of things are crucial at this level, and it's really important that we perform as a unit.
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Jack White
American Musician
I really don't like to take the easy way out, if I can help it, on anything I do, I like to really make it a challenge. I don't know how to create by taking the easy routes. I've tried, you know, I've tried to let myself, but I always struggle to compensate.
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Katherine Dunham
American Dancer
Don't think you are going to go on forever because you are not and begin to plan something that will compensate as you reduce your capacities to leap or turn on this or that or the other, begin thinking of something else.
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Kirk Cousins
American Athlete
Life is about balance. You don't want to live out of whack over here or out of whack over here. I want to win and be well compensated, and I think there's a balance to find. It doesn't have to be one extreme or the other.
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Graeme Souness
Scottish Athlete
I worked out long ago that I wasn't cut out for management. My personality doesn't lend itself to the job, especially what it's become. By the time I stopped, the good times weren't compensating for the bad.
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Stephanie Coontz
American Author
Marriage is generally based on more equality and deeper friendship than in the past, but even so, it is hard for it to compensate for the way that work has devoured time once spent cultivating friendships.
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Guy Debord
French Writer
As specialists of apparent life, stars serve as superficial objects that people can identify with in order to compensate for the fragmented productive specialisations that they actually live.
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Guy Kawasaki
American Businessman
What I lack in talent, I compensate with my willingness to grind it out. That's the secret of my life.
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James P. Hoffa
American Businessman
Workers want to be paid an honest, fair wage for the work they do. They want to be able to provide for their families by being justly compensated for their part in helping grow the U.S. economy. They deserve to be able to put food on the table and receive health care and other benefits.
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Yuri Milner
Russian Businessman
I think top scientists need to be compensated at a different scale in society. Somebody with experience will tell you that true scientists are not motivated by money - they are motivated by the quest itself. That is true. But I think an additional recognition will not hurt.
Quote examples
Granit Xhaka
Swiss Athlete
Everyone fights for everyone else. If someone has a bad day, then the others are there for him. And if a player makes a mistake, then the others can compensate for that. Those sorts of things are crucial at this level, and it's really important that we perform as a unit.
Quote examples
Jack White
American Musician
I really don't like to take the easy way out, if I can help it, on anything I do, I like to really make it a challenge. I don't know how to create by taking the easy routes. I've tried, you know, I've tried to let myself, but I always struggle to compensate.
Quote examples
Katherine Dunham
American Dancer
Don't think you are going to go on forever because you are not and begin to plan something that will compensate as you reduce your capacities to leap or turn on this or that or the other, begin thinking of something else.
Quote examples
Kirk Cousins
American Athlete
Life is about balance. You don't want to live out of whack over here or out of whack over here. I want to win and be well compensated, and I think there's a balance to find. It doesn't have to be one extreme or the other.
Quote examples
Graeme Souness
Scottish Athlete
I worked out long ago that I wasn't cut out for management. My personality doesn't lend itself to the job, especially what it's become. By the time I stopped, the good times weren't compensating for the bad.
Quote examples
Stephanie Coontz
American Author
Marriage is generally based on more equality and deeper friendship than in the past, but even so, it is hard for it to compensate for the way that work has devoured time once spent cultivating friendships.
Quote examples
Guy Debord
French Writer
As specialists of apparent life, stars serve as superficial objects that people can identify with in order to compensate for the fragmented productive specialisations that they actually live.
Quote examples
Guy Kawasaki
American Businessman
What I lack in talent, I compensate with my willingness to grind it out. That's the secret of my life.
Example 1 of 10
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