compensate
Example Sentences
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I explained my reasons - I knew Blackburn boss Sam Allardyce would be after a big response from his lads in the second half, so to compensate for that I had to put everyone on edge.
From BBC
Some on Wall Street fear the tighter spreads are insufficiently compensating investors for risk and encouraging speculative borrowing.
To compensate for this, the BLS uses a statistical model, based on historical data, to estimate these business “births” and “deaths.”
“You’re doing a job, so you deserve to be compensated. I pay my friend Minnie fifteen dollars an hour when she watches Lily, but she’s a retired teacher. Is ten OK with you?”
From Literature
The unions representing American’s flight attendants and pilots, who are compensated in part with a share of company profits, said they are tired of waiting for a turnaround.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
