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tr.v., -pensed, -pens·ing, -pens·es.

1. To award compensation to: recompensed the victims of the accident.
2. To award compensation for; make a return for: recompensed their injuries.

n.

1. Amends made, as for damage or loss.
2. Payment in return for something, such as a service.

[Middle English recompensen, from Old French recompenser, from Late Latin recompēnsāre : Latin re-, re- + Latin compēnsāre, to compensate; see compensate.]

The act of awarding a target person, group or entity some form of monetary benefit as a result of the target performing some action or as a result of some action happening to the target. This is one of the main tenets of capitalism, as people perform a task as a result of being paid some sort of relevant incentive.

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For example, companies may pay its workers with a special cash bonus as a result of the workers' efforts in contributing to the company's profits. However, a company may have to pay a compensation as a result of an injury that happened to the worker as a result of the company's negligence.

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Act of paying or rewarding an individual for services; remuneration for goods or other property.

verb

1. To give compensation to: compensate, indemnify, pay, redress, reimburse, remunerate, repay, requite. See pay/owe.
2. To give payment to in return for goods or services rendered: compensate, pay, remunerate. See pay/owe.
3. To give a satisfactory return to: compensate, indemnify, pay, remunerate, repay, requite, reward. See pay/owe.

noun

1. Something to make up for loss or damage: amends, compensation, indemnification, indemnity, offset, quittance, redress, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, repayment, requital, restitution, satisfaction, setoff. See substitute.
2. Something justly deserved: comeuppance, desert² (often used in plural), due, guerdon, reward, wage (often used in plural). Informal lump¹ (used in plural). Idioms: what is coming to one, what one has coming. See reward/punish/deserve.
3. Something given in exchange for goods or services rendered: compensation, consideration, payment, remuneration. See pay/owe.

n

Definition: something returned, paid back
Antonyms: take

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IN BRIEF: To pay for or pay back.

Recompense injury with justice and recompense kindness with kindness. — Confucius (c. 551-c. 479 BC)

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - erstatte, gøre gengæld, belønne
n. - erstatning, gengæld, belønning, hævn

Nederlands (Dutch)
belonen, straffen, vergoeden, vergoeding, beloning

Français (French)
v. tr. - récompenser, (gén, Jur) dédommager
n. - récompense, compensation, (Jur) dédommagement

Deutsch (German)
n. - Entschädigung, Lohn
v. - belohnen, entschädigen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανταμοιβή, αντιμισθία, αποζημίωση, ανταπόδοση
v. - ανταμείβω, ξεπληρώνω, αποζημιώνω

Italiano (Italian)
ricompensare, riparare, risarcire, risarcimento, ricompensa

Português (Portuguese)
n. - recompensa (f)
v. - recompensar

Русский (Russian)
компенсировать, вознаградить, компенсация, вознаграждение

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - recompensar, indemnizar
n. - recompensa, indemnización, compensación, resarcimiento

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ersättning, vedergällning
v. - löna

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
报酬, 酬谢, 赔偿, 补偿, 回报, 惩罚, 酬金, 报答, 答谢

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 報酬, 酬謝, 賠償, 補償, 回報, 懲罰
n. - 報酬, 酬金, 賠償, 補償, 報答, 答謝

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 갚다, 보답하다, 보상하다
n. - 보답 , 보수, 보상

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 報い, 報酬, お礼, 補償, 償い
v. - 報いる, 罰する, 補償する, 償う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تعويض, جزا (فعل) يجازي, يكافى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮פיצה, שילם, גמל, עונש, גמול, העניש‬
n. - ‮פיצוי, תשלום, תמורה‬

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