compensateverb
uk/ˈkɒm.pən.seɪt/us/ˈkɑːm.pən.seɪt/compensate verb (PAY MONEY)
C1 [ T ] to pay someone money in exchange for something that has been lost or damaged or for some problem:
Victims of the crash will be compensated for their injuries.
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Paying money
- ante
- chargeable
- congestion charge
- demurrage
- disburse
- discharge
- disgorge
- expense
- fork
- fork out sth
- overspend
- pay up
- put sth down 1
- repayable
- self-financing
- sink
- spring
- square
- tip
- worth
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compensate verb (EXCHANGE)
C2 [ I ] to provide something good or useful in place of something or to make someone feel better about something that has failed or been lost or missed:
Nothing will ever compensate for his lost childhood.
His enthusiasm more than compensates for his lack of experience.
I took her swimming to compensate for having missed out on the cinema.
We were late and I was driving fast to compensate.
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Replacing and exchanging
- alternate
- alternatively
- bargain sth away
- change over
- change places idiom
- fill
- name
- part exchange
- pinch-hit
- pre-empt
- proxy
- rep
- represent
- reserve
- sit
- substitution
- succeed
- succession
- supersede
- supplant
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