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compensate

[kom-puhn-seyt] / ˈkɒm pənˌseɪt /




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Compensate, a company that assesses and sells carbon credits, rejected Cordillera Azul for its portfolio in 2020.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2023

Wells Fargo to Compensate Clients for Volatility E.T.P.s The bank was ordered by a regulator to pay $3.4 million after recommending exchange-traded products linked to stock market volatility without fully understanding the risks.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2017

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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