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compensate for

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compensate someone for something
to pay someone [back] money for something. Don't worry. I will compensate you for your loss. Let us compensate you for your expenses.

compensate for something

to counterbalance or counteract something; to make up for something. Your present kindness will not compensate for your previous rudeness.


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A water reservoir and float valve compensate for water evaporation.
If ever you are a victim, and you have been offered this, and you felt that the amount they are offering is not enough to compensate for all of the damages the injury caused you and your family, then do not accept it.
The aircraft fired its beacon laser at the target aircraft to allow the ABL to measure and compensate for laser beam distortion caused by the atmosphere, then fired its surrogate high-energy laser to simulate a missile shoot-down.
 
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