compensate

Definitions

General English

• verb to make a bad thing seem less serious or unpleasant

Accounting

• verb to give someone money to make up for a loss or injury

Aviation

• verb to make up for the loss of something
• verb to give money to a person or organisation to make up for a physical or financial loss

Law

• verb to pay for damage done

Medical

• verb to give someone an amount of money or something else to pay for loss or damage
• verb to make good the failure of an organ by making another organ, or the undamaged parts of the same organ, function at a higher level
• verb to emphasise a particular ability or personality characteristic in order to make the lack of another one seem less bad

Nearby Definitions of “compensate”

• commission
• commodity
• common
• comparative advantage
• compass
• compensate
• compensation
• competition
• complement
• compression
• condition

Contexts for “compensate”

8 definitions in context
• General English
• Accounting
• Aviation
• Law
• Medical