récompenser — meaning in English
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English meaning
- recompense noun Payment or reward given in return for something done, lost, or suffered.
- reward noun Something given in return for good behaviour, effort, or service.
Senses
récompenser is used for these senses in English:
- recompense (transitive) To give (something) in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved.
- reward (transitive) To give a reward to or for.
recompense — full definition
- noun Payment or reward given in return for something done, lost, or suffered.
- verb To pay or reward someone for something done, lost, or suffered.
reward — full definition
- noun Something given in return for good behaviour, effort, or service.
- verb To give someone something in recognition of what they have done.