Synonyms: recompense, remunerate, compensate
Definition: make payment to; compensate
Usage: My efforts were not remunerated
Similar words: pay
Definition: give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
Usage: I paid four dollars for this sandwich; Pay the waitress, please
Synonyms: indemnify, recompense, repair, compensate
Definition: make amends for; pay compensation for
Usage: One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich; She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident
Similar words: pay
Definition: give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
Usage: I paid four dollars for this sandwich; Pay the waitress, please
Synonyms: pay, pay off, make up, compensate
Definition: do or give something to somebody in return
Usage: Does she pay you for the work you are doing?
Similar words: settle
Definition: dispose of; make a financial settlement
Synonyms: compensate, redress, right, correct
Definition: make reparations or amends for
Usage: right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: make up, correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, compensate
Definition: adjust for
Usage: engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
Similar words: balance, equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize
Definition: bring into balance or equilibrium
Usage: She has to balance work and her domestic duties; balance the two weights
Synonyms: compensate, cover, overcompensate
Definition: make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
Usage: he is compensating for being a bad father
Similar words: make up, correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, compensate
Definition: adjust for
Usage: engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance