Meaning Of The Word Compensate

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What's The Definition Of Compensate?

compensate
verb: If you compensate for a lack of something or for something you have done wrong, you do something to make the situation better.
verb: If you try to compensate for something that is wrong or missing in your life, you try to do something that removes or reduces the harmful effects.
verb: Something that compensates for something else balances it or reduces its effects.
verb: To compensate someone for money or things that they have lost means to pay them money or give them something to replace that money or those things.

compensate in American English
to make up for; be a counterbalance to in weight, force, etc.
intransitive verb: to provide or be an equivalent; make up; make amends
transitive verb: to recompense for something

compensate in British English
verb: to make amends to (someone), esp for loss or injury

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