compensate
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- v adjust for
- v make amends for; pay compensation for
She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident - v make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
- v make reparations or amends for
- v do or give something to somebody in return
- v make payment to; compensate
- Do you have an obligation to compensate your pharmacist? If you move to a cheaper apartment, should you compensate your landlord? When you eat at McDonalds, should you .
- It would also compensate the women for the considerable time, burden and inconvenience of harvesting their eggs, a process that can take 56 hours spread out over many weeks.
- The Senate all but killed legislation to create a $140 billion fund to compensate victims of asbestos poisoning.