compensate

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

compensate

verb

Definition of COMPENSATE

1
to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury <you'll have to compensate the neighbors for cutting down their tree>
2
to give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received <compensate them well for their efforts>
Near Antonyms stiff

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