compensatory
1compensatory — I adjective atoning, balancing, compensating, compensative, equivalent, expiating, expiatory, in compensation, indemnificatory, paying, propitiating, recompensive, redemptive, refunding, reimbursing, remitting, remunerative, reparative, repaying …
2Compensatory — Com*pen sa*to*ry, a. Serving for compensation; making amends. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] …
3compensatory — c.1600, from Fr. compensatoire, from L. compensatus, pp. of compensare (see COMPENSATE (Cf. compensate)). Psychological sense is from 1921 …
4compensatory — [[t]kɒ̱mpənse͟ɪtəri, AM kəmpe̱nsətɔːri[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n Compensatory payments involve money paid as compensation. [FORMAL] The jury awarded $11.2 million in compensatory damages. 2) ADJ: usu ADJ n Compensatory measures are designed to help… …
5compensatory — kəmˈpen(t)səˌtōrē, (ˈ)käm|p , tȯr , ri adjective Etymology: compensate + ory : serving as compensation : making amends : making up for loss a compensatory enlargement of the heart to overcome this feeling of inferiority by developing such… …
6compensatory — com|pen|sa|to|ry [ˌkɔmpənˈseıtəri US kəmˈpen səˌto:ri] adj [usually before noun] formal 1.) compensatory payments are paid to someone who has been harmed or hurt in some way ▪ She was awarded a large sum in compensatory damages . 2.) intended to… …
7compensatory — Providing compensation; making up for a deficiency or loss. * * * com·pen·sa·to·ry kəm pen(t) sə .tōr ē, .tȯr adj making up for a loss esp serving as psychic or physiological compensation <compensatory enlargement of the heart> <to… …
8compensatory — adjective (usually before noun) 1 intended to reduce the harmful effects of something or to make them easier to bear 2 compensatory payments are paid to someone who has been harmed or hurt in some way: She was awarded a large sum in compensatory… …
9compensatory — adj. Compensatory is used with these nouns: ↑award …
10compensatory — compensate ► VERB 1) give (someone) something to reduce or balance the bad effect of loss, suffering, or injury. 2) (compensate for) make up for (something undesirable) by exerting an opposite force or effect. DERIVATIVES compensator noun… …
