cúitigh — meaning in English

English meaning

• compensate verb To pay someone money to make up for a loss, injury, or inconvenience.
• indemnify verb To secure against loss or damage; to insure.
• offset noun Something that balances out or compensates for something else.
• 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.
• requite verb To repay (a debt owed); specifically, to recompense or reward someone for (a favour, a service rendered, etc.)

Senses

cúitigh is used for these senses in English:

• indemnify (chiefly, legal) To compensate or reimburse someone for some expense or injury.
• offset (transitive) To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
• reimburse To compensate with payment; especially, to repay money spent on one's behalf.

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.

indemnify — full definition

1. verb To secure against loss or damage; to insure.
2. verb To compensate or reimburse someone for some expense or injury.