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 Definitions of Recompense  [ˈrɛk əmˌpɛns]  

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Definition of 'Recompense' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) recompense
to make payment or return to, as for work done, injury sustained, or favors received.

2.  recompense
to pay or give compensation for; make restitution for.

3. (v.i.) recompense
to make compensation or return for something; repay or requite someone.

4. (n.) recompense
a repayment, requital, or reward, as for services, gifts, or favors.

5.  recompense
compensation, as for an injury; reparation.

Etymology:  (1375–1425; < MF recompenser < LL recompēnsāre= L re-re - +compēnsāre (see compensate ))

Definition of 'Recompense' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) recompense
payment or reward (as for service rendered)

2. (verb) recompense, compensation
the act of compensating for service or loss or injury

3. (verb) compensate, recompense, repair, indemnify
make amends for; pay compensation for
"One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident"

4. (verb) compensate, recompense, remunerate
make payment to; compensate
"My efforts were not remunerated"


Definition of 'Recompense' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Recompense
an equivalent returned for anything done, suffered, or given; compensation; requital; suitable return

2. (verb) Recompense
to render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate

3. (verb) Recompense
to return an equivalent for; to give compensation for; to atone for; to pay for

4. (verb) Recompense
to give in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved

5. (verb) Recompense
to give recompense; to make amends or requital


Translation of 'Recompense' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: money etc given to someone in return for his trouble, inconvenience or effort.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vergoeding Arabic flag Arabic: جَزاء، مُكافأه، تَعْويض Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: отплата
Brazilian flag Brazilian: recompensa Czech flag Czech: náhrada, odměna German flag German: die Entschädigung
Danish flag Danish: godtgørelse Greek flag Greek: αποζημίωση, ανταμοιβή Spanish flag Spanish: recompensa
Estonian flag Estonian: hüvitus Farsi flag Farsi: تاوان؛ غرامت Finnish flag Finnish: korvaus
French flag French: récompense, dédommagement Hebrew flag Hebrew: פִּיצוּי Hindi flag Hindi: इनाम, पुरस्कार, क्षतिपूर्
Croatian flag Croatian: nadoknada, odšteta Hungarian flag Hungarian: kárpótlás Indonesian flag Indonesian: imbalan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: bætur; þóknun Italian flag Italian: ricompensa, compenso Japanese flag Japanese: 償い
Korean flag Korean: 배상금 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: atlyginimas, kompensacija Latvian flag Latvian: kompensācija, atlīdzība
Malay flag Malay: ganti-rugi Dutch flag Dutch: beloning Norwegian flag Norwegian: godtgjørelse, erstatning
Polish flag Polish: rekompensata, wynagrodzen Persian flag Persian: تاوان؛ غرامت Pashto flag Pashto: ورګرځول (عوض وركول)، بدله
Portuguese flag Portuguese: recompensa Romanian flag Romanian: recom­pen­să, des­pă­gu­b Russian flag Russian: компенсация; вознагражден
Slovak flag Slovak: náhrada; odmena, odškodné Slovenian flag Slovenian: nadomestilo Serbian flag Serbian: naknada
Swedish flag Swedish: gottgörelse, ersättning Thai flag Thai: ค่าชดเชย Turkish flag Turkish: tazmin
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 報酬 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: компенсація Urdu flag Urdu: معاوضہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự đền bù Chinese flag Chinese: 报酬

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