Definition of Compensate

to give a form of payment for a good or service or as a means of making up for a misdeed

Examples of Compensate in a sentence

Since I paid over three hundred dollars for my dress, you cannot compensate me for its loss with a fifty dollar check.  

Jeff put in extra hours this afternoon to compensate for his late arrival to work this morning.  

Will Jacob be able to compensate hurting his teenager’s feelings by purchasing her an expensive pair of sneakers?  

To avoid jail time, the young man had to compensate his neighbor for the destruction of his fence by personally building a new border.  

Landscapers love working for me because they know I will compensate them handsomely for their work.  

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