| NOUN | possession | recompense | payment or reward (as for service rendered) |
|---|---|---|---|
| act | recompense, compensation | the act of compensating for service or loss or injury | |
| VERB | possession | recompense, compensate, repair, indemnify | make amends for |
| possession | recompense, compensate, remunerate | make payment to |
| Sounds | reh'kahmpeh.ns | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | commence ... whence: 23 rhymes with ehns... | |
| Meaning | Payment or reward (as for service rendered). | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | allowance, adjustment | An amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances |
| compensation | Something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) | |
| Broader | payment | A sum of money paid or a claim discharged |
| Spanish | retribución | |
| Verbs | recompense | make payment to |
| Meaning | The act of compensating for service or loss or injury. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | compensation | |
| Narrower | indemnification | An act of compensation for actual loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance |
| Broader | correction, rectification | The act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake |
| Spanish | compensación, recompensa | |
| Catalan | compensació, recompensa | |
| Verbs | recompense | make payment to |
| Meaning | make amends for; pay compensation for. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Synonyms | compensate, repair, indemnify | |
| Narrower | give | deliver in exchange or recompense |
| Broader | pay | Give money, usually in exchange for goods or services |
| Spanish | compensar, indemnisar, indemnizar, pagar, recompensar, reparar | |
| Catalan | compensar, indemnitzar | |
| Meaning | make payment to; compensate. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | compensate, remunerate | |
| Narrower | recoup, reimburse | reimburse or compensate (someone) , as for a loss |
| Broader | pay | Give money, usually in exchange for goods or services |
| Spanish | compensar, recompensar, remunerar | |
| Catalan | compensar, recompensar, remunerar | |
| Nouns | recompense | the act of compensating for service or loss or injury |
| recompense | payment or reward (as for service rendered) | |
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