compensate
Balance the scales
Compensate means to make up for something or offset a deficiency.
A generous salary compensates for long hours.
Someone who compensates for a weakness develops strengths elsewhere: He compensated for his small stature with speed and agility.
To compensate someone is to pay them for work or reimburse them for loss: The airline compensated passengers for the delayed flight.
The noun is compensation.
Money returned after purchase
- repaymentGiving back what's owed
- indemnifyGuarantee against loss
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- reimbursementPayment for incurred expenses
repay · recoup · defray · expenses · out-of-pocket · claim · insurance · damages
Offsetting force or weight
- neutralizeCancel an effect
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- counteractNullify by opposing force
- equilibriumState of balance
equalize · adjust · correct · mitigate · make up for · cancel out · negate · level
Fixed periodic employment payment
- wagesPayment for work
- remunerationPayment for work done
- earningsMoney gained from work
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
paycheck · stipend · payment · fee · honorarium · allowance · commission · bonus
Restoring what was lost
- reparationCompensation for injury done
- amendsCompensation for wrongdoing
- remedyCurative treatment or fix
- rectifyTo make something right
atonement · apology · damages · settlement · victims · injustice · wrongdoing · grievance
Change to fit better
- copeHandle difficulties adequately
- accommodateProvide for or adjust
- overcomePrevail against difficulty
- disabilityImpairment affecting life activities
impairment · mechanism · strategy · workaround · prosthetic · assistive · sensory · loss
refund
Money returned after purchase
- repaymentGiving back what's owed
- indemnifyGuarantee against loss
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
reimbursement · repay · recoup · defray · expenses · out-of-pocket · claim · insurance · damages · costs
counterbalance
Offsetting force or weight
- neutralizeCancel an effect
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- counteractNullify by opposing force
equilibrium · equalize · adjust · correct · mitigate · make up for · cancel out · negate · level · even out
salary
Fixed periodic employment payment
- wagesPayment for work
- remunerationPayment for work done
- earningsMoney gained from work
income · paycheck · stipend · payment · fee · honorarium · allowance · commission · bonus · overtime
restitution
Restoring what was lost
- reparationCompensation for injury done
- amendsCompensation for wrongdoing
- remedyCurative treatment or fix
rectify · atonement · apology · damages · settlement · victims · injustice · wrongdoing · grievance · harm
adjust
Change to fit better
- copeHandle difficulties adequately
- accommodateProvide for or adjust
- overcomePrevail against difficulty
disability · impairment · mechanism · strategy · workaround · prosthetic · assistive · sensory · loss · deficiency
- payingpay, payment plan, pay up, pay out, pay off
- work verbswork, hire, fire, quit, resign
- balance verbsbalance, equilibrate, stabilize, steady, counterbalance
- commercetrade, banking, merchant, imports, sales
- mental processesthinking, think, reasoning, cognition, pondering
- philanthropydonations, charity work, donate, give, giving
compensatepenalize
Impose a disadvantage for wrongdoing
deprive · fine · stiff · withhold · shortchange
- compensation paymentsMoney owed for damages
- compensation plansStructured employee payment systems
- victim compensationPayment to those harmed
- worker's compensationInsurance for job injuries
- workmen's compensationInsurance for job injuries
- workers compensationEmployer-funded injury benefits
compensation, compensating, compensated, compensatory, compensates, compensations, overcompensate, uncompensated, compensators