korvata — meaning in English
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English meaning
- adjust verb To change something slightly so it works better or fits new circumstances.
- compensate verb To pay someone money to make up for a loss, injury, or inconvenience.
- dispense verb To give out or distribute something, especially in measured amounts.
- displace verb To force people to leave their home or homeland.
- double adj Twice the usual size, amount, or number, or consisting of two matching parts.
- indemnify verb To secure against loss or damage; to insure.
- offset noun Something that balances out or compensates for something else.
- pay verb To give money in exchange for goods, services, or work.
- recompense noun Payment or reward given in return for something done, lost, or suffered.
- reimburse verb To pay someone back for money they spent or a loss they suffered.
- remit verb To send money, especially as a payment.
- replace verb To put something new in the place of something old, broken, or lost.
- requite verb To repay (a debt owed); specifically, to recompense or reward someone for (a favour, a service rendered, etc.)
- restitute verb To restore (something) to its former condition.
- spell noun Words believed to have magical power, or the magical effect they produce.
- substitute verb To use one thing or person in place of another.
- supersede verb To take the place of something older or less effective, so that the earlier version is no longer used or valid.
- supplant verb To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.
- supply verb To provide something needed.
- trump noun In card games, a suit chosen (or turned up) to rank higher than the other three for that hand.
Senses
korvata is used for these senses in English:
- adjust (transitive) To settle an insurance claim.
- compensate To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
- displace To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
- double To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
- double (ambitransitive, sometimes with "for") To act as substitute for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).
- double (military) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
- indemnify (chiefly, legal) To compensate or reimburse someone for some expense or injury.
- make it up to (idiomatic, transitive) To pay back; to return someone a previous good deed.
adjust — full definition
- verb To change something slightly so it works better or fits new circumstances.
- verb To settle or resolve, especially an insurance claim.
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.