Betekenis van compensate In het Nederlands

• 0 to pay someone money in exchange for something that has been lost or damaged or for some problem:

  • Victims of the crash will be compensated for their injuries.

• 1 to provide something good or useful in place of something or to make someone feel better about something that has failed or been lost or missed:

  • Nothing will ever compensate for his lost childhood.

  • His enthusiasm more than compensates for his lack of experience.

  • I took her swimming to compensate for having missed out on the cinema.

  • We were late and I was driving fast to compensate.

• 2 to pay someone money in exchange for work done, for something lost or damaged, or for some inconvenience:

  • Our company tries to keep salaries low, and they compensate employees more with bonuses.

• 3 to take the place of something useful or needed with something else of similar value:

  • When you have a disability, you learn to compensate by doing other things well.

• 4 to pay someone money for something that has been lost or damaged:

  • The government may compensate workers whose pensions have been lost.

  • Farmers will be compensated for any animals that are slaughtered.

• 5 to pay someone money for work that has been done:

  • Corporations often rely on stock options to compensate executives.

  • Employees must be compensated for any extra hours worked.

• 6 to provide something to reduce the effect of something that has been lost or damaged:

  • The company is planting trees to compensate for the greenhouse gas generated by airplane flights.