| 单词 | recompense |
| 释义 | recompense (once / 1123 pages) vn Say you loan a few bucks to a friend who is short on cash, and he wins the lottery. Presumably, he'll be able to recompense you, or pay you back what he owes. If you look closely at recompense, you'll see how similar it is to compensate, which means to make amends for something or to pay. Add the prefix re-, which suggests returning or repeating, and you get the meaning of recompense — paying back or reimbursing financially or otherwise. Recompense is most often used as a verb, but it works as a noun, too. In recompense for throwing peas and screaming, a mother might send a toddler to her room for a time-out. WORD FAMILYrecompense: recompensed, recompenses, recompensing USAGE EXAMPLESAny serious examination of those footballs from the Giants-Steelers game might well show that Goodell owes the Patriots and Brady an apology and material recompense. Washington Post(Dec 12, 2016) Speedy recompense may not make up for those nervous weekend hours on hold to the call centre or the simple fact of the heist. Economist(Nov 10, 2016) It’s not the most exorbitant living but they do get a lot of recompense that can’t be counted in dollars. New York Times(Nov 10, 2016) 1v make payment to; compensate Syn|Hypo|Hyper compensate, remunerate recoup, reimburse reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss pay give money, usually in exchange for goods or services 2v make amends for; pay compensation for Syn|Hypo|Hyper compensate, indemnify, repair give deliver in exchange or recompense pay give money, usually in exchange for goods or services 3n payment or reward (as for service rendered) Hypo|Hyper adjustment, allowance an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances compensationsomething (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) cost-of-living allowancean allowance for changes in the consumer price index depreciation allowancean allowance for loss due to depreciation deduction, discountan amount or percentage deducted seasonal adjustmenta statistical adjustment made to accommodate predictable fluctuations as a function of the season of the year tarean adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods overcompensationexcessive compensation workmen's compensationcompensation for death or injury suffered by a worker in the course of his employment reimbursementcompensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc. emolumentcompensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees) blood moneycompensation paid to the family of a murdered person amends, damages, indemnification, indemnity, redress, restitutiona sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury counterbalance, offseta compensating equivalent reparation(usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors reparationcompensation (given or received) for an insult or injury payment a sum of money paid or a claim discharged 4n the act of compensating for service or loss or injury Syn|Hypo|Hyper compensation indemnification an act of compensation for actual loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance correction, rectification the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right |
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