In a sentence
Six example sentences with compensate, each labelled with its topic.
The fund exists to compensate growers whose harvests fail, paying a fixed sum for every ruined acre.
Economics
Runners with a weak left ankle unconsciously compensate by loading the right hip, which is how the second injury arrives.
Fitness
The label agreed to compensate the session players for the two rehearsal days the canceled tour had already cost them.
Music
The court ordered the contractor to compensate the family for the ruined floor, plus the cost of a month in a hotel.
Law
The ferry company will compensate passengers for the canceled crossing with a full refund and a voucher for the next season.
Travel
Nothing could fully compensate the shop for the lost holiday trade, but the landlord waived two months of rent.
Business
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Found in 7 published word lists
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)Authoritative
- New Academic Word List (Browne/Culligan/Phillips 2013)Authoritative
- University Word List (Xue & Nation 1984)Authoritative
- Business English Academic Word ListAuthoritative
- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- Science Vocabulary ListAuthoritative
- SparkNotes 1000 SAT WordsRecognized
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