compensatev.
/ˈkɒmpənseɪt//kəmˈpɛnseɪt/ 1.
a. transitive. To counterbalance, make up for, make amends for.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > balance against or counterbalance
gaina1375
counterpoise1393
peisea1400
weigh1583
set1589
poise1600
to weigh against, again1600
affront1609
balance1624
cancel1633
counterbalance1636
counterpose1636
compensate1656
equilibriatea1657
outset1656
equiponderate1661
equipoise1664
equibalance1665
offset1673
countersway1710
to set off1749
counterweigh1825
equilibrate1829
to set against ——1832
equilibrize1833
the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > compensate or make up for
restorea1325
to make good1389
boot1393
rewarda1398
supplya1398
to make up1472
upset1513
to fetch again1535
redeem1590
balance1594
pay1596
unpay1600
to make out1610
requitea1613
to pay home1625
encourage1628
compensate1646
compensate1656
reprise1662
to take up1662
to fetch up1665
to pay off1717
indemnify1750
to bring up arrears1788
equalize1866
reparate1956
1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty (1662) 81 Those happy delusions, whereby we..compensate those our deformities.
1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness x. xiv. 541 To compensate their neglect.
1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. iii. i. 6 The benefit of it would not compensate the danger.
1733 A. Pope Ess. Man i. 181 Each seeming want compensated of course.
1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck i. 15 Still, to compensate toils and hazards past.
1838 A. De Morgan Ess. Probabilities 152 The opposite errors may..compensate each other exactly.
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess ii. 30 For often fineness compensated size.
a1862 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1871) III. v. 378 His native strength may compensate the defects of his equipment.
1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 14 Not being bred To barter, nor compensating the want By shrewdness.
b. Const. with (an equivalent), by (an action).
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > compensate or make up for
restorea1325
to make good1389
boot1393
rewarda1398
supplya1398
to make up1472
upset1513
to fetch again1535
redeem1590
balance1594
pay1596
unpay1600
to make out1610
requitea1613
to pay home1625
encourage1628
compensate1646
compensate1656
reprise1662
to take up1662
to fetch up1665
to pay off1717
indemnify1750
to bring up arrears1788
equalize1866
reparate1956
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xvi. 144 She compensates the death of the father by the..murder of the mother. View more context for this quotation
1649 F. Roberts Clavis Bibliorum (ed. 2) 549 That they may compensate the barrennesse of the ground with the multitude of Cattell.
1672 Bp. J. Wilkins Of Princ. Nat. Relig. 20 Compensating good with good, and not with evil.
1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 768 Compensating his loss By supplemental shifts, the best he may.
1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 134 Compensating his loss with added hours Of social converse.
1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 684 The loss of water..not being compensated by absorption from below.
c. to a person.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > compensation > pay as compensation [verb (transitive)] > compensate (a person)
content1418
compensate1778
1778 E. Burke Corr. (1844) II. 248 To compensate to us in the east what we have lost irrecoverably in the west.
1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands III. 35 To compensate to the Venetians..the spoliation they had suffered.
d. absol. To make compensation or amends.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > be or become equal [verb (intransitive)] > compensate > make good or make up for
compensate1660
to make up1711
indemn1906
1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 176 in Justice Vindicated Let us..abstain from all wickedness for the future, and duly compensate.
1774 T. Twining Recreat. & Stud. (1882) 25 If it..has defects..it has beauties and delicacies which amply compensate.
2. intransitive. To be an equivalent, to make up for.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > be or become equal [verb (intransitive)] > compensate
supererogate1582
compensate1648
commute1653
compense1825
to take up the slack1930
1648 Ch.-lands not to be sold 42 What proportion of carnall things can compensate for things spirituall.
a1677 I. Barrow Of Contentm. (1685) 85 There is in every condition somewhat of good compensating for its evils, and reducing it to a balance with other..states.
1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 434 Solicitous how best He may compensate for a day of sloth By works of darkness.
a1831 A. Knox Remains (1844) I. 71 Which could never be compensated for by..attention.
1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xxiii. 409 Skill might compensate for defective numbers.
3. transitive. To make equal return to, to recompense or remunerate (a person, etc.) for anything.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > treat one as he has been treated [verb (transitive)] > requite or pay back (a person)
foryield971
to quit or yield (one) his whilec1175
acquitc1300
quitc1330
restore?a1400
refound1438
requite1530
regrate?c1550
repay1557
redub1558
quittance1590
to meet witha1593
to pay (a person) (off) scot and lot1598
meeta1625
retaliate1629
reimburse1644
compensate1804
to even up on1879
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > compensation > pay as compensation [verb (transitive)] > compensate for
yieldeOE
compound1555
compromise1757
compensate1804
1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. III. 519 To compensate yourself for your rent and services.
1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion iii. 131 I should at least secure my own, And be in part compensated . View more context for this quotation
1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. v. 228 Navigable rivers..seem to compensate South America for its deficiency in coal-beds.
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a. Mechanics. To provide with mechanical compensation; to make up for (the variations to which a pendulum is liable). transitive and intransitive.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > compensate or make up for > mechanically
compensate1850
the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > be or become equal [verb (intransitive)] > compensate > mechanically
compensate1871
1819 [implied in: A. Rees Cycl. XXVI. at Pendulum Graham's mercurial pendulum..may be considered as the first compensating pendulum. (at compensating-pendulum at compensating adj. b)].
1850 E. B. Denison Rudimentary Treat. Clock & Watch Making i. lviii. 84 We want therefore some contrivance which will compensate this expansion of the rod.
1850 E. B. Denison Rudimentary Treat. Clock & Watch Making i. lviii. 274 If the pendulum is not compensated it must be of wood.
1871 B. Stewart Heat (ed. 2) 79 The first who attempted to compensate for change of length of a pendulum was Mr. Graham, an English clockmaker.
b. To correct an electrical device or circuit for (some undesired characteristic or effect); to provide with compensation (compensation n. 1d).
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > connect [verb (transitive)] > correct for undesired effect
compensate1872
1872 J. B. Stearns Brit. Patent 3344 2 The effect of static induction in operating either land lines or submarine cables is neutralized or compensated for.
1961 A. E. Fitzgerald & C. Kingsley Electr. Machinery (ed. 2) viii. 390 These limitations may be considerably extended by compensating or neutralizing the armature mmf under the pole faces.
5. Psychology. To conceal or counterbalance a defect of character, physique, etc., or to make up for the frustration of a tendency or desire, by developing or exaggerating some other (sometimes more desirable) characteristic. transitive and intransitive.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of personality > making up for defect > make up for defect [verb]
compensate1914
1914 C. G. Jung in Brit. Med. Jrnl. 3 Dec. 964/2 We..find here these compensating vices to be an essential content of the unconscious. Obviously, therefore, the reverse is true—namely that unconscious virtues compensate for conscious deficiencies.
1921 E. J. Kempf Psychopathol. (new ed.) i. 69 If the cause of fear is a segmental compulsion within ourselves.., an attempt to compensate by some estimable work is reflexly initiated.
1927 Corrie ABC of Jung's Psychol. ii. 38 Here the one-sidedness of the conscious attitude is compensated by personal sensitiveness, infantile feelings, doubts, and irrational superstitions.
1927 D. K. Henderson & R. D. Gillespie Text-bk. Psychiatry vi. 111 Where the attributes of the self are conceived as lacking in some of the qualities of the ideal self, the self makes an attempt to compensate in one direction what is lacking in another.
1929 A. Adler Probl. Neurosis iv. 56 There are many children..who are at a..disadvantage through weak muscles and poor eyesight, but they may compensate in directions which will lead them to be acrobats or artists.
1963 J. E. Gordon Personality & Behavior iv. ix. 427 A young man afraid of marriage may compensate by specializing in dating and courting, becoming a ‘man about town’.
Derivatives
ˈcompensated adj.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [adjective] > compensating > mechanically compensating or compensated
compensating-balance1819
compensated1881
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > motor > [adjective] > corrected for wrong effect
compensated1881
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > dynamo > [adjective] > corrected for wrong effect
compensated1881
the world > matter > physics > mechanics > dynamics > statics > [adjective] > relating to forces in equilibrium > of equilibrium: balanced > adjusted to
compensated1881
1881 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (ed. 4) 84 A cheap..compensated pendulum may be made with a wood rod and lead bob.
1896 D. C. Jackson & J. P. Jackson Alternating Currents II. 316 The Westinghouse, so-called, ‘compensated voltmeter’.
1896 S. P. Thompson Dynamo-electr. Machinery (ed. 5) 800 Compensated armatures.
1909 C. F. Smith Pract. Altern. Currents (ed. 3) xii. 427 A compensated motor will start from rest with a low power-factor.
1963 B. Fozard Instrumentation Nucl. Reactors iii. 31 The use of compensated chambers in which there are three electrodes.
ˈcompensating n.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > compensation
compensation1387
countervailment1594
supererogating1617
equation1666
compensating1668
upmaking1669
requital1885
weightage1906
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 39 Compensating, recompense.
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compensated dating n. (in Japan and Hong Kong) a form of paid escort work in which a young woman provides companionship or sexual favours to an older man in exchange for money or luxury items; = enjo kosai n. [Originally after Japanese enjo kōsai enjo kosai n. (also shortened to enkō ); with use with reference to Hong Kong compare Chinese (Cantonese) wùhn joh gāau jai and wùhn gāau , representing the Cantonese pronunciation of the characters used to write the Japanese words (although compare also Chinese (Cantonese) gāau jai social interaction: see enjo kosai n.).]
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1996 Japan Times 15 July 20 Japan is now confronted by a growing group of young prostitutes who think of their activity as enjo kosai or compensated dating.
2004 Daily Tel. 16 Jan. 15/8 ‘Compensated dating’ is recognised as a nationwide phenomenon, with girls often using the money to buy goods such as Burberry scarves and Louis Vuitton handbags.
2014 China Daily (Hong Kong ed.) (Nexis) 10 Dec. The victim had a history of compensated dating and modeling for amateur photographers.
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compensated dollar n. U.S. Economics (now historical) a form of currency proposed by U.S. economist Irving Fisher (1867–1947) at the beginning of the 20th cent., whose gold value would be adjusted periodically on the basis of the market price of a number of basic commodities; = commodity dollar n. 2.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > [noun] > currency systems and policies
decimal currency1824
bimetallism1876
monometallism1878
free silver1889
polymetallism1890
silverism1895
symmetallism1895
trimetallism1897
managed currency1898
single currency1900
compensated dollar1912
commodity dollar1918
soft currency1940
1912 I. Fisher Let. in N.Y. Times 18 Oct. 10/7 He raises as an objection to the plan for ‘a compensated dollar’, recently discussed before the International Congress of Chambers of Commerce, the practical difficulty of getting an international agreement to adopt the plan.
1934 W. E. Atkins Gold & your Money 32 The compensated dollar, or a dollar with changing gold content, would go hand in hand with the policy of the Federal Reserve System.
2005 Amer. Jrnl. Econ. & Sociol. 64 10 His [sc. Fisher's] monetary economics, from the equation of exchange through index numbers to the compensated dollar, was united by a concern with the consequences of imperfectly expected monetary shocks.
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