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 …

COMPENSATED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of compensate 2. to pay someone money in exchange for something…. Learn more.

If someone is compensated for something unpleasant which has happened to them, they receive compensation for it. Farmers will be compensated for their losses.

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

[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 …

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 …

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 …

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

Increasingly, compensate is used in place of pay. Day laborers are paid for their time, but executives are more likely to be compensated with a suite that includes salary and other …

COMPENSATED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of compensate 2. to pay someone money in exchange for something…. Learn more.