Found 3 items, similar to Compensate.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: compensate membenarkan, mengganjar, mengganti kerugian, mengimbangi
English → English (WordNet) Definition: compensate compensate v 1: adjust or make up for; “engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance” [syn: counterbalance, correct, even out, even off, even up] 2: make amends for; pay compensation for; “One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich”; “She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident” [syn: recompense, repair, indemnify] 3: make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities; “he is compensating for being a bad father” [syn: cover, overcompensate] 4: make reparations or amends for; “right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust” [syn: right, redress, correct] [ant: wrong] 5: do or give something to somebody in return; “Does she pay you for the work you are doing?” [syn: pay, pay off, make up ] 6: make payment to; compensate; “My efforts were not remunerated” [syn: recompense, remunerate]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Compensate Compensate \Com"pen*sate\ (? or ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compensated; p. pr. & vb. n. Compensating.] [L. compensatus, p. p. of compensare, prop., to weigh several things with one another, to balance with one another, verb intens. fr. compendere. See Compendium.] 1. To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses. [1913 Webster] 2. To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for. [1913 Webster] The length of the night and the dews thereof do compensate the heat of the day. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] The pleasures of life do not compensate the miseries. --Prior. Syn: To recompense; remunerate; indemnify; reward; requite; counterbalance. [1913 Webster] Compensate \Com"pen*sate\, v. i. To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation. [1913 Webster]