You must compensate him for the money he lost.
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Compensate
//ˈkɒm.pən.seɪt//
Synonyms for "compensate" (178 found)
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Strong matches (53)
Related words (89)
make compensationmake goodmake matters upmake reparationmake requitalmake restitutionmake retributionmake rightmake upmake up formake wholenegatenegativeneutralizenullifyoffsetoutweighpay backpay by installmentspay damages
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pay offpay onpay reparationspay the forfeitpay the penaltypermutepoiseprepaypropitiateproportionput rightput straightput to rightsquitreciprocaterecouprecoverrectifyredeemredressrefundremedyremitremuneraterenderrepairrepayrequiterespondretaliatereturnreturn the complimentrewardsalarysatisfyset offset rightset straightset to rightsset upsquaresquare itsquare thingsstrike a balanceswapswitchtendertradetranspose
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3 entriesTranslations
105 translations across 25 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qarşılamaq verb (to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration)
Bulgarian
4 entries- балансирам verb (to balance the scales, to equalize, to reach equilibrium)
- компенсирам verb (to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration)
- компенсирам verb (to make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill)
- обезщетявам verb (to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration)
Catalan
3 entries- compensar verb (to balance the scales, to equalize, to reach equilibrium)
- compensar verb (to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration)
- compensar verb (to make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 弥补 verb (to make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill)
- 报酬 verb (to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration)
Dutch
2 entries- compenseren verb (to make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill)
- goedmaken verb (to make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill)
Faroese
4 entries- bøta aftur verb (to do (something good) after (something bad) happens)
- gera gott aftur verb (to do (something good) after (something bad) happens)
- viga upp ímóti verb (to balance the scales, to equalize, to reach equilibrium)
- viga upp ímóti verb (to make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill)
Finnish
3 entries- hyvittää verb (to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration)
- kompensoida verb (to make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill)
- korvata verb (to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration)
French
1 entries- compenser verb (to make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill)
German
4 entries- aufwiegen verb (to balance the scales, to equalize, to reach equilibrium)
- ausbügeln verb (to make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill)
- ausgleichen verb (to do (something good) after (something bad) happens)
- ausgleichen verb (to balance the scales, to equalize, to reach equilibrium)
Hebrew
2 entries- פִּצָּה verb (to make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill)
- תִּגְמֵל verb (to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration)
Hungarian
4 entries- ellensúlyoz verb (to balance the scales, to equalize, to reach equilibrium)
- ellensúlyoz verb (to make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill)
- ellentételez verb (to balance the scales, to equalize, to reach equilibrium)
- kiegyenlít verb (to balance the scales, to equalize, to reach equilibrium)
Irish
2 entries- cúitigh verb (to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration)
- cúitigh verb (to make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill)
Italian
3 entries- bilanciare verb (to balance the scales, to equalize, to reach equilibrium)
- compensare verb (to do (something good) after (something bad) happens)
- compensare verb (to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration)
Japanese
2 entries- 補填する verb (to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration)
- 補填する verb (to make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill)
Latin
4 entries- compensō verb (to do (something good) after (something bad) happens)
- compensō verb (to balance the scales, to equalize, to reach equilibrium)
- compensō verb (to make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill)
- tueor verb (to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration)
Norwegian
2 entries- kompensere verb (to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration)
- kompensere verb (to make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- تعویض ایتمك verb (to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration)
Polish
4 entries- kompensować verb (to do (something good) after (something bad) happens)
- rekompensować verb (to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration)
- równoważyć verb (to do (something good) after (something bad) happens)
- skompensować verb (to do (something good) after (something bad) happens)
Portuguese
4 entries- compensar verb (to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration)
- compensar verb (to make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill)
- pagar verb (to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration)
- recompensar verb (to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration)
Romanian
1 entries- compensa verb (to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration)
Russian
4 entries- возмести́ть verb (to do (something good) after (something bad) happens)
- возмести́ть verb (to make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill)
- возмеща́ть verb (to do (something good) after (something bad) happens)
- возмеща́ть verb (to make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- dìol verb (to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration)
- dìol verb (to make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kompenzírati verb (to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration)
- kompenzírati verb (to make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill)
- nadòknaditi verb (to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration)
- nadòknaditi verb (to make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill)
Spanish
4 entries- compensar verb (to do (something good) after (something bad) happens)
- compensar verb (to balance the scales, to equalize, to reach equilibrium)
- compensar verb (to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration)
- compensar verb (to make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill)
Turkish
3 entries- hakkını vermek verb (to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration)
- telafi etmek verb (to make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct or fill)
- zararını karşılamak (indemnify) verb (to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Money cannot compensate for life.
Source: tatoeba (18620)
Diligence may compensate for lack of experience.
Source: tatoeba (18852)
Who will compensate for the loss?
Source: tatoeba (40445)
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