compensate

compensate
1. intransitive verb

compensate for something — etwas ersetzen

compensate for injury — etc. für Verletzung usw. Schaden[s]ersatz leisten

2. transitive verb

compensate somebody for something — jemanden für etwas entschädigen

* * *
['kompənseit]
verb
1) (to give money to (someone) or to do something else to make up for loss or wrong they have experienced: This payment will compensate (her) for the loss of her job.) entschädigen
2) (to undo the effect of a disadvantage etc: The love the child received from his grandmother compensated for the cruelty of his parents.) ausgleichen
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- compensation
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com·pen·sate
[ˈkɒmpənseɪt, AM ˈkɑ:m-]
I. vt
▪ to \compensate sb for sth jdn für etw akk [finanziell] entschädigen; (reimburse) [jdm] etw vergüten
II. vi kompensieren geh
▪ to \compensate for sth etw ausgleichen [o fam wettmachen] [o fachspr kompensieren]
* * *
['kɒmpənseɪt]
1. vt
(= recompense) entschädigen; (MECH) ausgleichen
2. vi (PSYCH)
kompensieren
* * *
compensate [ˈkɒmpenseıt; -pən-; US ˈkɑm-]
A v/t
1. jemanden entschädigen (for für)
2. → B 1
3. eine Entschädigung oder ein Ausgleich für einen Verlust etc sein
4. PHYS, TECH
a) kompensieren, ausgleichen
b) ausbalancieren
B v/i
1. compensate for kompensieren (auch PSYCH), ausgleichen, wettmachen (alle:
with durch, mit)
2. (Schaden[s])Ersatz leisten (for für):
compensate for (Redew) als Ausgleich für
* * *
1. intransitive verb

compensate for something — etwas ersetzen

compensate for injury — etc. für Verletzung usw. Schaden[s]ersatz leisten

2. transitive verb

compensate somebody for something — jemanden für etwas entschädigen

* * *
v.
ausgleichen v.
entschädigen v.
erstatten v.
kompensieren v.

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