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as in compensation
payment to another for a loss or injury
the jury awarded an additional $5,000 in recompense for physical pain and suffering
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as in payment
something (as money) that is given or received in return for goods or services
the volunteer expects nothing more than sincere thanks as recompense for his efforts
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as in to compensate
to give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received
the cash-strapped museum can recompense lecturers with only token honorariums
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as in to reimburse
to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury
the government has yet to adequately recompense the property owners for the land taken for the new highway
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as in to repay
to make a return for
the wealthy gentleman told the poor little girl she could recompense his generosity simply by enjoying her new toys
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Recent Examples of recompense
Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
Wiener’s bill offered no recompense for these ills.
—Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2023
European countries like Germany and the UK have shored up money for their violent role in suppressing Namibian and Kenyan protests, but the Netherlands is the first to publicly acknowledge and recompense for slavery.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 23 Sep. 2022
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Noun
In particular, there are benefits to streamers globally backing a show that go beyond financial recompense.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
Wiener’s bill offered no recompense for these ills.
—Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
Thurber complained to him about being asked to recompense The New Yorker for a sixty-dollar overpayment; writers got paid by the word (still do), and the accounting department had calculated that the final word count on a certain Thurber story was less than the original word count.
—Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2023
European countries like Germany and the UK have shored up money for their violent role in suppressing Namibian and Kenyan protests, but the Netherlands is the first to publicly acknowledge and recompense for slavery.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 23 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recompense
Noun
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Employment and cost agreements are equally critical, defining compensation, performance metrics, and levels of authority for staff.—
Francois Botha,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Defendants said the relationship gave Willis a financial interest in prosecuting the case because of the compensation her boyfriend received.—
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arkansasonline.com,
9 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The argument as articulated so far by Trump administration officials appears to play down the economic benefits created by Social Security payments, infrastructure spending, scientific research and other forms of government spending that can shape an economy’s trajectory.—
Josh Boak,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2025
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These services are meant to provide tenants with the opportunity to grow their credit history through on-time rent payments.—
Ana Teresa Solá,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2025
Verb
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There was a time when capital was cheap enough to compensate for expansion inefficiencies.—
Rebecca Takada,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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In heavy rain, allow an additional two seconds of distance to compensate for reduced traction and braking effectiveness.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
The Mercury News,
6 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Can tariffs pay for a budget deficit when Social Security, Medicare and the interest payments on our debt are what really matter and there’s $36 trillion of national debt to be made up by them?—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
10 Mar. 2025
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The big picture: Price elasticity measures the degree to which consumers are willing, or unwilling, to pay higher prices for certain items.—
Felix Salmon,
Axios,
10 Mar. 2025
Verb
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By acting, essentially, as an in-house contractor for the federal government, the team did not need to directly spend taxpayer dollars and was instead reimbursed by partner agencies.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2025
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The city of Miami has been paying for the beds occupied by homeless individuals and getting reimbursed by the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust, the county’s homeless services agency.—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Instead of obsessing over getting repaid by Ukraine, Trump needs to keep U.S. security interests in view and carefully weigh the costs and benefits of pursuing Ukrainian minerals.—
William Walldorf,
TIME,
7 Mar. 2025
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Flash Loan Attacks: Flash loans, a unique feature of DeFi, allow users to borrow assets without collateral as long as the loan is repaid within the same transaction.—
Cathy Ross,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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However, even if a ceasefire is reached soon, Russia is likely to maintain control over the occupied territories, while Ukraine's hopes of receiving reparations from Moscow for post-war reconstruction appear unrealistic.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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The situation exposes how an experiment in reparations that sought to lift people disproportionately harmed by prior enforcement against marijuana not only failed but also helped derail the rollout of legal cannabis in New York.—
Ashley Southall,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Recompense.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recompense. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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