COMPENSATED

compensated, remunerated, salaried, stipendiary

(adjective) receiving or eligible for compensation; “salaried workers”; “a stipendiary magistrate”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

compensated

simple past tense and past participle of compensate

Source: Wiktionary


COMPENSATE

Com"pen*sate ( or ; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compensated; p. pr. & vb. n. Compensating.] Etym: [L. compensatus, p. p. of compensare, prop., to weigh several things with one another, to balance with one another, verb intens. fr. compendere. See Compendum.]

1. To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompence; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses.

2. To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for. The length of the night and the dews thereof do compensate the heat of the day. Bacon. The pleasures of life do not compensate the miseries. Prior.

Syn.

– To recompense; remunerate; indemnify; reward; requite; counterbalance.

Com"pen*sate, v. i.

Definition: To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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