Tra từ compensate - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

com·pen·sate AW [compensate compensates compensated compensating] BrE [ˈkɒmpenseɪt] NAmE [ˈkɑːmpenseɪt] verb
1. intransitive ~ (for sth) to provide sth good to balance or reduce the bad effects of damage, loss, etc.
Syn: make up for
•Nothing can compensate for the loss of a loved one.
2. transitive ~ sb (for sth) to pay sb money because they have suffered some damage, loss, injury, etc
•Her lawyers say she should be compensated for the suffering she had been caused.
Derived Word: ↑compensatory
Verb forms:

Word 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’).

Thesaurus:
compensate verb I, T
•Nothing can compensate for the death of a loved one.
make up for sth • • counter • • counteract • • balance • |sometimes disapproving cancel sth out • |especially business offset •
compensate/counter/counteract sth with sth
compensate/make up for sth
compensate for/counter/counteract/cancel out/offset the effect of sth
Compensate or make up for sth? Compensate is more formal than make up for sth but can be used with a wider range of structures, with or without for:
•You should be able to eat more on this diet without having to compensate by going hungry.
✗ You should be able to eat more on this diet without having to make up by going hungry.

Example Bank:
•His voice doesn't have much range but he compensates with clever lyrics.
•I expect to be compensated financially.
•People whose health has suffered will be compensated in full.
•The advantages of the plan more than compensate for the risks associated with it.
•The company will compensate you for the losses you have suffered.
•a fund to compensate victims of abuse
•Her lawyers say she should be compensated both for her injuries and for the suffering she has been caused.
•Her rather odd looks were more than compensated for by her brilliant smile and irresistible personality.
•Nothing can compensate for the death of a loved one.
•She was so ashamed of her treatment of him that she felt she should compensate him in some way.
•State-of-the-art appliances may be expensive, but to compensate they will be more energy-efficient and last longer.
•The rail company offered to compensate passengers for any inconvenience caused.
•You should be able to eat more on this diet without having to compensate by going hungry.