compenso — meaning in English

English meaning

• compensate verb To pay someone money to make up for a loss, injury, or inconvenience.
• pay verb To give money in exchange for goods, services, or work.

Senses

compenso is used for these senses in English:

• make up To compensate, to fill in, to catch up.
• pay (transitive) To be profitable for.

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.

pay — full definition

1. verb To give money in exchange for goods, services, or work.
2. verb To be worthwhile or profitable.
3. noun Money received for work; wages or salary.

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