compensatory
pronunciation
How to pronounce compensatory in British English:
UK [ˌkɒmpenˈseɪtəri]
How to pronounce compensatory in American English:
US [kəmˈpensətɔːri]
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- Adjective:
- compensating for
Word Origin
- compensatory (adj.)
- c. 1600, from French compensatoire, from Latin compensatus, past participle of compensare (see compensate). Psychological sense is from 1921.
Example
- 1. He says he would name china a currency " manipulator " for keeping its currency undervalued , and hobble chinese imports by imposing compensatory tariffs .
- 2. Research progress on compensatory growth technology in broilers .
- 3. On compensatory duties of the foreign trade agents .
- 4. Insights into a compensatory mechanism for functional mitral regurgitation .
- 5. Social security cannot attend or as compensatory ability consideration business is protected .