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recompense

[rek-uhm-pens] Origin

rec·om·pense

[rek-uhm-pens] verb, -pensed, -pens·ing, noun
verb (used with object)
1.
to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
2.
to pay or give compensation for; make restitution or requital for (damage, injury, or the like).
verb (used without object)
3.
to make compensation for something; repay someone: no attempt to recompense for our trouble.

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noun
4.
compensation, as for an injury, wrong, etc.: to make recompense for the loss one's carelessness has caused.
5.
a repayment or requital, as for favors, gifts, etc.
6.
a remuneration or reward, as for services, aid, or the like.

Origin:
1375–1425; (v.) late Middle English < Middle French recompenser < Late Latin recompēnsāre, equivalent to Latin re- re- + compēnsāre (see compensate); (noun) late Middle English < Middle French, derivative of recompenser

rec·om·pen·sa·ble, adjective
rec·om·pens·er, noun
un·der·rec·om·pense, verb (used with object), -pensed, -pens·ing, noun
un·rec·om·pens·a·ble, adjective
un·rec·om·pensed, adjective


1. reimburse, recoup. 4. payment, amends, indemnification, satisfaction. 4–6. See reward.

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recompense (ˈrɛkəmˌpɛns)
 
vb
1.  (tr) to pay or reward for service, work, etc
2.  (tr) to compensate for loss, injury, etc
 
n
3.  compensation for loss, injury, etc: to make recompense
4.  reward, remuneration, or repayment
 
[C15: from Old French recompenser, from Latin re- + compensāre to balance in weighing; see compensate]
 
'recompensable
 
adj
 
'recompenser
 
n

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recompense
late 14c. (recompensation), from O.Fr. recompense (13c.), from L.L. recompensare, from L. re- "again" + compensare "balance out," lit. "weigh together" (see compensate). The verb is attested from 1422.
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