recompense
pronunciation
How to pronounce recompense in British English:
UK [ˈrekəmpens]
How to pronounce recompense in American English:
US [ˈrɛkəmˌpɛns]
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- Noun:
- payment or reward (as for service rendered)
- the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
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- Verb:
- make amends for; pay compensation for
- make payment to; compensate
Word Origin
- recompense (n.)
- early 15c., from Middle French recompense (13c.), related to recompenser "make good, recompense" from Late Latin recompensare (see recompense (v.)).
- recompense (v.)
- c. 1400, "to redress," from Middle French recompenser (14c.) and directly from Medieval Latin recompensare "to reward, remunerate," from Latin re- "again" (see re-) + compensare "balance out," literally "weigh together" (see compensate). From early 15c. as "to compensate." Related: Recompensed; recompensing.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Eliphaz seems to hold to a rather rapid and obvious tit-for-tat system of recompense .
- 2. But the lack of a sharp upturn means such partial recompense has not been forthcoming this time round .
- 3. However , as if by way of recompense , princeton university press is about to publish a 768-page biography by jeremy adelman .
- 4. Sure , you only lose it if you sell the bond and you have the bond 's 6.125 % annual yield as recompense .
- 5. The report calls on developed countries to agree to shoulder the bulk of the costs required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions , to finance an adaptation fund to pay for changes required in developing countries , and to provide recompense for losses and damage caused by climate-related catastrophes .