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hyvittää — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • atone verb To make amends for a wrongdoing or mistake.
  • compensate verb To pay someone money to make up for a loss, injury, or inconvenience.
  • credit noun Recognition or praise given for something a person has done.
  • dispense verb To give out or distribute something, especially in measured amounts.
  • expiate verb To atone or make reparation for.
  • indemnify verb To secure against loss or damage; to insure.
  • refund verb To give back money that someone has paid.
  • reimburse verb To pay someone back for money they spent or a loss they suffered.
  • supply verb To provide something needed.

Senses

hyvittää is used for these senses in English:

  • compensate To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
  • credit (transitive, accounting) To add to an account.
  • expiate (transitive) To make amends or pay the penalty for.
  • indemnify (chiefly, legal) To compensate or reimburse someone for some expense or injury.
  • make amends (idiomatic) To repair a relationship; to resolve an argument or fight; to make reparations or redress.
  • make up To compensate, to fill in, to catch up.
  • pay back (figuratively) To avenge, to exact revenge.
  • refund (transitive) To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.

compensate — full definition

  1. verb To pay someone money to make up for a loss, injury, or inconvenience.
  2. verb To make up for a weakness or problem by adjusting something else.

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