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compensate

[kom-puhn-seyt] / ˈkɒm pənˌseɪt /




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Compensate with naps as needed and keep your room as dark as you can when you sleep during daylight hours.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2023

Compensate and minister to the emotional needs and psychological damage of victims.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2018

Compensate snowplow drivers for inches of snow cleared instead of by the hour—as Boston began doing in 2009—and they’ll miraculously start plowing faster.

From Slate • Jan. 7, 2013

The Fix: Compensate marketers on the ability of the current sales team to generate revenue and profit from the sales leads that marketing produces.

From Inc • Jan. 24, 2012

Compensate, kom′pen-sāt, or kom-pen′sāt, v.t. to reward suitably: to make amends for: to recompense: to counterbalance.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various




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