Synonym: atone for, balance, make up for, pay, reward. Similar words: compensate for, compensation, sensation, compendium, insatiable, compel, compete, commensalism. Meaning: ['kɒmpenseɪt] v. 1. adjust for 2. make amends for; pay compensation for 3. make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities 4. make reparations or amends for 5. do or give something to somebody in return 6. make payment to; compensate.
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31. In all such cases the plaintiff is entitled to damages to compensate him for the lost benefit.
32. After abandoning an appeal against the decision, Barclays agreed to reinstate the women and compensate them for loss of earnings.
33. If workers believe inflation is likely to accelerate, they will demand high enough wages to compensate for expected increases in prices.
34. No amount of money can compensate for being bedridden or a semi-invalid.
35. More women will be promoted in order to compensate for discrimination in the past.
36. Admittedly these recipes call for extravagant amounts but you can compensate by eating smaller portions.
37. No amount of procedural fairness could compensate for lack of knowledge of the complexities of the law.
38. As with fat-free products and artificial sweeteners, people will probably compensate for olestra by eating more calories elsewhere in their diets.
39. Agitation does not completely compensate for the lack of direct activity.
40. Nor do the wages from the plantations compensate the families left in the villages for this loss of labour.
41. When the curbash was abolished they set it up to compensate anyone who was whipped after the abolition.
42. To compensate for differences in flow rates during perfusion, the appearance rates of myeloperoxidase and cytokines were calculated.
43. A network of subsidized cargo barges and water taxis would be introduced on the city's canals to compensate.
44. Congress is considering a supplemental appropriation to help compensate for that loss, Moos said.
45. In reaction, the last node tends to compensate by ordering a large correction.
46. The children need to be taught to move head and eyes to compensate for the field loss.
47. For example, the enactment of import quotas, designed to compensate particular industrial supporters, may impose substantial additional costs.
48. He will get one year with Cleveland to return to elite status and compensate for loss of Ramirez.
49. So they set up this fund to compensate victims in serious cases of abuse.
50. Not all such performances are inspiring, however(sentencedict.com/compensate.html), and a plenitude of decibels does not compensate for lack of quality.
51. Therefore, no amount of personality can compensate for mediocre chili. o Judging chili is very personal and subjective.
52. But here again the gain in freedom from aversive stimulation may compensate for any loss of admiration.
53. If the company refuses to compensate you, you can take your complaint to small-claims court, Sack said.
54. It is hoped that the new car's style and design will compensate for its lack of speed.
55. Some investment managers may compensate by making a slight switch in emphasis towards capital growth investments and away from high yielding equities.
56. Is not it time for the Government to compensate the people whom they damaged in their first Tory recession?
57. In our bakery we have to compensate for that in other ways, through our relationships with one another.
58. It is important therefore to build into the existing legal disincentives a heavy penalty to compensate for the difficulty of detection.
59. The firm was ordered to compensate clients for their losses.
60. It is being asked to compensate for the failures of the education system by teaching school children art and history.
More similar words: compensate for, compensation, sensation, compendium, insatiable, compel, compete, commensalism, impending, competitor, compelling, competition, expense, pension, expensive, satellite, propensity, happenstance, comprehension, comprehensive, at the expense of, comprehensible, complicated, on sale, satire, transaction, satisfied, accusation, whimper, conversation.