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compensatecompensate /ˈkɑmpənˌseɪt/ ●○○ AWL verb ETYMOLOGYcompensateOrigin: 1600-1700 Latin, past participle of compensare, from compendere to weigh together VERB TABLEcompensate |
| Present | I, you, we, they | compensate | | he, she, it | compensates | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | compensated | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have compensated | | he, she, it | has compensated | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had compensated | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will compensate | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have compensated |
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| Present | I | am compensating | | he, she, it | is compensating | | you, we, they | are compensating | | Past | I, he, she, it | was compensating | | you, we, they | were compensating | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been compensating | | he, she, it | has been compensating | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been compensating | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be compensating | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been compensating |
THESAURUSgive money► pay to give someone money for something you are buying: They ran off without paying. ► spend to use your money to buy or pay for something: He spent $75 on a new pair of shoes. ► refund if a business refunds a customer’s money, the business gives back the money the customer paid for something, especially because the customer is not satisfied with it: I took the phone back because it didn’t work, and the store refunded my money. ► tip to give an additional amount of money to someone who has done a job for you, as a way of thanking him or her: I usually tip waiters and waitresses 15% of the bill. ► reimburse to give someone the amount of money he or she paid to someone else: The company will reimburse me for the cost of travel to the conference. ► compensate to pay someone money because he or she has been injured or lost something important, or because his or her property has been damaged: The workers are asking to be compensated for injuries that they suffered at work. ► finance to provide the money needed to pay for something important or expensive, especially by doing something to earn or collect that money: The government used money from taxes to finance the construction of the tunnel. 1[intransitive] to reduce or balance the bad effect of something: compensate for Her intelligence compensates for her lack of experience.2[intransitive, transitive] to pay someone money because he or she has suffered injury, loss, or damage: The fund will compensate victims of smoking-related diseases.compensate somebody for something The firm was ordered to compensate clients for their losses.► see thesaurus at pay1 [Origin: 1600–1700 Latin, past participle of compensare, from compendere to weigh together] |