compensate for damage

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• give satisfaction for damage — index compensate (remunerate) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• damage — dam·age 1 n [Old French, from dam injury, harm, from Latin damnum financial loss, fine] 1: loss or harm resulting from injury to person, property, or reputation 2 pl: the money awarded to a party in a civil suit as reparation for the loss or… …   Law dictionary

• compensate — com‧pen‧sate [ˈkɒmpənseɪt ǁ ˈkɑːm ] verb [intransitive, transitive] 1. to pay someone money because they have suffered injury, loss, or damage: compensate somebody for something • He has promised to compensate farmers for the price cuts. 2. HUMAN …   Financial and business terms

• compensate — vb 1 Compensate, countervail, balance, offset, counterbalance, counterpoise are comparable when meaning to make up for or to undo the effects of. Compensate is by far the broadest of these terms both in mode of use and scope of application. It… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• compensate — com·pen·sate / käm pən ˌsāt, ˌpen / vt sat·ed, sat·ing: to make an appropriate and usu. counterbalancing payment to compensate the victims for their injuries adequately compensated for her work com·pen·sa·to·ry /kəm pen sə ˌtōr ē/ adj …   Law dictionary

• damage — [dam′ij] n. [ME < OFr < dam < L damnum, loss, injury: see DAMN] 1. injury or harm to a person or thing, resulting in a loss in soundness or value 2. [pl.] Law money claimed by, or ordered paid to, a person to compensate for injury or… …   English World dictionary

• compensate — com|pen|sate [ˈkɔmpənseıt US ˈka:m ] v [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of compensare, from compendere; COMPENDIUM] 1.) [I] to replace or balance the effect of something bad ▪ Because my left eye is so weak, my right eye has… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• compensate */*/ — UK [ˈkɒmpənseɪt] / US [ˈkɑmpənˌseɪt] verb Word forms compensate : present tense I/you/we/they compensate he/she/it compensates present participle compensating past tense compensated past participle compensated 1) a) [intransitive] to change or… …   English dictionary

• compensate — verb 1 (I) to replace or balance something good that has been lost or is lacking, by providing or doing something equally good: Because my left eye is so weak, my right eye has to work harder to compensate. (+ for): Her intelligence more than… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• compensate — com|pen|sate [ kampən,seıt ] verb ** 1. ) intransitive to change or remove the bad result of something: compensate for: This payment more than compensates for what we ve lost. a ) to behave in a way that is intended to reduce the effects of a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• compensate — com•pen•sate [[t]ˈkɒm pənˌseɪt[/t]] v. sat•ed, sat•ing 1) to recompense for something; pay: Let me compensate you for your trouble[/ex] 2) to counterbalance; offset; make up for: He compensated his homeliness with personal charm[/ex] 3) mec to… …   From formal English to slang