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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
compensate
/ˈkɒm.pən.seɪt/
verb
to give (money) to as a form of correcting a loss
- “Victims have the right to be compensated for their damages.”Tatoeba
- “The government compensated the farmers for the damage to the crops.”Tatoeba
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Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)