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com·pen·sate (kŏḿpən-sāt́)

[Latin compēnsāre, compēnsāt-, com-, com-, + pēnsāre, to weigh.]

verb: -sat·ed, -sat·ing, -sates. 

transitive verb 

  1. To offset; counterbalance.
  2. To make satisfactory payment or reparation to; recompense or reimburse: Management compensated us for the time we worked.
  3. To stabilize the purchasing power of (a monetary unit) by changing the gold content in order to counterbalance price variations.

intransitive verb 

To serve as or provide a substitute or counterbalance.

derivatives

coḿpen·sátive
adjective
coḿpen·sátor
noun
com·peńsa·tóry
adjective