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