1with object Give (someone) something, typically money, in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury incurred; recompense.

1. 1.1 Pay (someone) for work performed.
   he will be richly compensated for his efforts

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Rights to perform were closely negotiated before enactment and exactingly compensated afterwards.
   • Adams thinks people often work more efficiently for their own employer than for a contract job, and that having control over who he hires and how his staff is compensated makes a big difference in performance.
   • I am equally willing to compensate your effort with the sum of US $5M when the money arrives your account.
   • There are two other contingencies needed in a system that compensates drivers based on performance.
   • Among his many goals is to transform mothering into a paid profession, compensated somehow by the government.
   • ‘We believe that auditors should not be compensated or perform work for anything else besides their role in conducting the audit,’ he told the paper.
   • For example, the man agrees that his spouse will be compensated for nonmonetary contributions to the marriage, such as raising the children.
   • Nor does the typical academic journal have sufficient resources to compensate graduate students to perform this task.
   • Considering we wrote all our own songs, we just weren't getting compensated enough for our efforts.
   • What's more, star employees are often richly compensated in terms of money and perks - something that can spark resentment at all levels of an organization.
   • It is certainly ‘less unjust’ for a physician to bear this than someone less well compensated.
   • I find this quite interesting, because in business school, we heard a lot about how compensating with stock options can avoid the perverse incentives inherent in most types of pay.
   • Incentive programs suffer when employees feel that they are not compensated fairly for their performance.
   • The biggest crime is how richly compensated the bad CEOs are.
   • By August 1877, the firm compensated his efforts by promoting Boyle to one of its stock departments.
   • Only well educated, well compensated, and well respected teachers can possibly do it.
   • Martin promised his team at the end of last season that he would put all his efforts toward winning the title and even compensated his crew members out of his own pocket to keep them together through 2005.
   • I think this is a challenge now for the record industry as well as the peer-to-peer services, to now find ways to still do what they are doing but get artists compensated.
   • Maybe it's because I have been so generously compensated in the past that this feels a little like a slap in the face.
   • Music fans are happy that they continue to get the music they want, now, and publishers have the means to get compensated.

2compensate forno object Reduce or counteract (something unwelcome or unpleasant) by exerting an opposite force or effect.

1. 2.1 Act so as to neutralize or correct (a deficiency or abnormality in a physical property or effect)
   the output voltage rises, compensating for the original fall

   Synonyms

   balance, balance out, counterbalance, counteract, counterpoise, countervail, make up for, offset, cancel out, neutralize, nullify, even up, square up

   rare equilibrize, negative, counterweigh
2. 2.2Psychology Attempt to conceal or offset (a disability or frustration) by development in another direction.
   they put on grandiose airs to compensate for their feelings of worthlessness