English-Thai Dictionary

compensate

VI ชดเชย  chod-chei

 

compensate

VT ชดเชย  recompense pay chod-chei

 

compensate for

PHRV ชดเชย สำหรับ  คืนให้  ทำให้ สมดุล กับ  chod-choei-sam-rab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMPENSATE

v.t. 1. To give equal value to; to recompense; to give an equivalent for services, or an amount lost or bestowed; to return or bestow that which makes good a loss, or is estimated a sufficient remuneration; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses.
2. To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make amends for.
The length of the night and the dews do compensate the heat of the day.
The pleasures of sin never compensate the sinner for the miseries he suffers, even in this life.

 

COMPENSATE

v.i.To make amends; to supply an equivalent; followed by for. Nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation.
This word is generally accented on the second syllable, most unfortunately, as any ear will determine by the feebleness of the last syllables n the participles, compensated, compensating.
Each seeming want compensated of course.
With the primary accent on the first syllable and the secondary accent on the third, this defect and the difficulty of uttering distinctly the last syllables are remedied.

 

COMPENSATED

pp. Recompensed; supplied with an equivalent in amount or effect; rewarded.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COMPENSATE

Com "pen *sate ( or; 277 ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compensated; p. pr. &vb. n. Compensating. ] Etym: [L. compensatus, p. p. of compensare, prop. , to weigh several things with one another, to balance with one another, verb intens. fr. compendere. See Compendum.]

 

1. To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompence; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses.

 

2. To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for. The length of the night and the dews thereof do compensate the heat of the day. Bacon. The pleasures of life do not compensate the miseries. Prior.

 

Syn. -- To recompense; remunerate; indemnify; reward; requite; counterbalance.

 

COMPENSATE

COMPENSATE Com "pen *sate, v. i.

 

Defn: To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

compensate

com pen sate |ˈkämpənˌsāt ˈkɑmpənˌseɪt | ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] give (someone ) something, typically money, in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury incurred; recompense: payments were made to farmers to compensate them for cuts in subsidies. • pay (someone ) for work performed: he will be richly compensated for his efforts. 2 [ no obj. ] (compensate for ) make up for (something unwelcome or unpleasant ) by exerting an opposite force or effect: officials have boosted levies to compensate for huge deficits. • act to neutralize or correct (a deficiency or abnormality in a physical property or effect ): the output voltage rises, compensating for the original fall. • Psychology attempt to conceal or offset (a disability or frustration ) by development in another direction: they identified with radical movements to compensate for their inability to relate to individual human beings. 3 [ with obj. ] Mechanics provide (a pendulum ) with extra or less weight to neutralize the effects of temperature, etc. DERIVATIVES com pen sa tive |kəmˈpensətiv, ˈkämpənˌsātiv |adjective, com pen sa tor |-ˌsātər |noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘counterbalance ’): from Latin compensat- ‘weighed against, ’ from the verb compensare, from com- ‘together ’ + pensare (frequentative of pendere ‘weigh ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

compensate

com |pen |sate |ˈkɒmpɛnseɪt | ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] give (someone ) something, typically money, in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury incurred; recompense: payments were made to farmers to compensate them for cuts in subsidies. • pay (someone ) for work performed: he will be richly compensated for his efforts. 2 [ no obj. ] (compensate for ) reduce or counteract (something unwelcome or unpleasant ) by exerting an opposite force or effect: the manager is hoping for victory to compensate for the team's dismal league campaign. • act so as to neutralize or correct (a deficiency or abnormality in a physical property or effect ): the output voltage rises, compensating for the original fall. DERIVATIVES compensative adjective, compensator noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘counterbalance ’): from Latin compensat- ‘weighed against ’, from the verb compensare, from com- ‘together ’ + pensare (frequentative of pendere ‘weigh ’).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

compensate

compensate verb 1 you must compensate for what you did: make amends, make up, make reparation, recompense, atone, requite, pay; expiate, make good, rectify. 2 we agreed to compensate him for his loss: recompense, repay, pay back, reimburse, remunerate, recoup, requite, indemnify. 3 his flair compensated for his faults: balance (out ), counterbalance, counteract, offset, make up for, cancel out, neutralize, negative.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

compensate

compensate verb 1 you can never compensate for what you did to me: make amends, make up, make restitution, make reparation, make recompense, recompense, atone, requite, pay; expiate, make good, put to rights, rectify, offset, square. 2 terms were agreed to compensate him for his loss: recompense, repay, pay back, reimburse, remunerate, recoup, requite, indemnify; settle up with, settle accounts with. 3 he had sufficient flair to compensate for his faults: balance, balance out, counterbalance, counteract, counterpoise, countervail, make up for, offset, cancel out, neutralize, nullify, even up, square up; rare equilibrize, negative, counterweigh.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

compensate

com pen sate /kɑ́mp (ə )nsèɪt, -pen- |kɔ́m -/ (! 強勢は第1音節 ) 〖com (共に )pensate (釣り合わせる )〗動詞 ～s /-ts /; ～d /-ɪd /; -sating ｟主に書 ｠自動詞 1 〈人 物 事が 〉【不利な状況 不足などを 】埋め合わせる , 補う «for » ▸ compensate for lost revenue from a new line of business 新規事業の遺失収益を補填 （ほてん ）する 2 〈人などが 〉【損失 損害などの 】補償 [つぐない ]をする «for » ▸ compensate for the damage caused by the flood 洪水による損害に対し賠償する 他動詞 1 【損失などに対して 】〈人など 〉に補償をする , つぐないをする «for » ; 【報酬などで 】〈人など 〉に報いる «with » ▸ compensate users for the fault of their cars 車の欠陥に対してユーザに補償する 2 〈人などが 〉〈損失 損害 〉の埋め合わせをする .3 〈振り子など 〉を補正する .c ó m pen s à tor 名詞 C 〘機 〙補整器 .