单词 | recompense |
释义 | recompense —recompensable, adj. —recompenser, n. /rek"euhm pens'/, v. , recompensed, recompensing, n. v.t. 1. to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc. 2. to pay or give compensation for; make restitution or requital for (damage, injury, or the like). v.i. 3. to make compensation for something; repay someone: no attempt to recompense for our trouble. n. 4. compensation, as for an injury, wrong, etc.: to make recompense for the loss one's carelessness has caused. 5. a repayment or requital, as for favors, gifts, etc. 6. a remuneration or reward, as for services, aid, or the like. [1375-1425; (v.) late ME < MF recompenser < LL recompensare, equiv. to L re- RE- + compensare (see COMPENSATE); (n.) late ME < MF, deriv. of recompenser] Syn. 1. reimburse, recoup. 4. payment, amends, indemnification, satisfaction. 4-6. See reward. |
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