recompense — Compensation or payment given to someone for loss, damage, or effort. It can also mean to compensate someone for their troubles or services.
Part of speech: NOUN
Definition: Compensation or payment given to someone for loss, damage, or effort. It can also mean to compensate someone for their troubles or services.
Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈrekəmˌpens/
Korean meaning: 보상, 배상하다
Korean pronunciation: 레-컴-펜스 (강세: 레)
Example Sentences
- The pizza delivery guy got a huge tip as recompense for biking through a thunderstorm.
- She demanded recompense from her roommate for eating her leftover birthday cake.
- The court ordered the company to recompense workers for unpaid overtime.
recompense
NOUN//ˈrekəmˌpens//
Compensation or payment given to someone for loss, damage, or effort. It can also mean to compensate someone for their troubles or services.
Compensation or payment given to someone for loss, damage, or effort. It can also mean to compensate someone for their troubles or services.
Small recompense for immense defense!
🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
From 14th century French 'recompenser', meaning to restore balance or make amends for something lost or damaged.
🎵Rhyme
📝Examples
“The pizza delivery guy got a huge tip as recompense for biking through a thunderstorm.”
“She demanded recompense from her roommate for eating her leftover birthday cake.”
“The court ordered the company to recompense workers for unpaid overtime.”
“No amount of money could recompense the loss of his vintage comic book collection.”
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