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recompensa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bounty noun A reward offered, often by an authority, for capturing a person or completing a specific task.
  • payback noun Revenge for something someone has done.
  • payday noun The regular day on which wages or salary are paid.
  • 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.
  • take verb To reach out and get hold of something, or to remove or carry it away.

Senses

recompensa is used for these senses in English:

  • bounty (countable) A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government.
  • pay-off A reward.
  • payback (countable) A benefit, reward, a form of recompense.
  • payday The day of the week or month, or the specific day, on which an employee's wages or salary is paid.
  • recompense That which compensates for an injury, or other type of harm or damage.
  • take Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits; takings.

bounty — full definition

  1. noun A reward offered, often by an authority, for capturing a person or completing a specific task.
  2. noun Generosity, or the plentiful things that generosity provides.

payback — full definition

  1. noun Revenge for something someone has done.
  2. noun A financial return on an investment, or reimbursement of money spent.

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