compensate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of COMPENSATE

to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury <you'll have to compensate the neighbors for cutting down their tree>

Synonyms indemnify, recompense, recoup, remunerate, requite, satisfy

Related Words refund, reimburse, repay; redress, remedy, repair; discharge, pay, quit

to give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received <compensate them well for their efforts>

Synonyms compensate, recompense, remunerate

Related Words refund, reimburse, repay, requite; remit; pay off, pay up, prepay

Near Antonyms stiff

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