Compensated
adj, verb
adj, verb ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of compensate form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 That received compensation (payment)
"Some commenters foresaw the possibility that "a handful of very compensated employees could tilt the average high enough to meet the minimum average benefit with little or no contributions to the 'average' employee ."
- 2 That has been adjusted to compensate for some circumstances.
"But, if my view is correct, the only gold standard which could have survived during the last few years would have been the very compensated gold dollar against which the bankers' report was written."
Adjective
- 1 receiving or eligible for compensation wordnet
Example
More examples"The government compensated the farmers for the damage to the crops."
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