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as in reimburses
to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury
you'll have to compensate the neighbors for cutting down their tree
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as in pays
to give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received
compensate them well for their efforts
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Recent Examples of compensates
A little over half of that burden will hit farmers directly in the form of falling retail prices, SBI said, unless the government compensates for the loss.
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Sriram Iyer, Executive Editor, Cnbc-Tv18, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2025
Sriram Iyer, Executive Editor, Cnbc-Tv18, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for compensates
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Medicaid reimburses up to $125 for a home-health visit from a skilled nurse, or about $200 per day of hospice care, Pentzer said, while a day in the hospital costs an average of about $3,000.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
3 Sep. 2025
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Medicare reimburses ambulance rides for dialysis when patients have a medical need for assistance.—
Ge Bai,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Its name, Albatross, pays tribute to the massive seabird known for its ability to travel thousands of miles across the open ocean without much wing-flapping.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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This benefits Apple as Google pays the company billions per year to be the default search engine on iPhones.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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In an era where greenwashing is easily exposed and surface-level philanthropy no longer satisfies stakeholders, the search for meaningful CSR programs is more urgent than ever.—
Sivan Yaari,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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More files are due to be released as the DOJ satisfies a subpoena deadline of September 8.—
Peter Vanham,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Compensates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compensates. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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