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  • 1make amends for — • to make up for smth • to atone for smth • to repair one s fault • to repair one s wrong • to make amends for smth compensate for a loss or mistake I have to work hard in order to make up for the loss from the poor sales. (from Idioms in Speech) …

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  • 2make up for — • to make up for smth • to atone for smth • to repair one s fault • to repair one s wrong • to make amends for smth compensate for a loss or mistake I have to work hard in order to make up for the loss from the poor sales. (from Idioms in Speech) …

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  • 3make up for — PHRASAL VERB To make up for a bad experience or the loss of something means to make the situation better or make the person involved happier. [V P P n] Ask for an extra compensation payment to make up for the stress you have been caused... [V P P …

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  • 4make compensation — index bear the expense, contribute (indemnify), cover (provide for), outbalance, pay, quit ( …

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  • 5make good — 1. Defend, maintain, vindicate, justify, stand by. 2. Fulfil, accomplish. 3. Establish, verify, confirm, prove, substantiate. 4. Compensate for, make compensation for, supply by an equivalent, make up for …

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  • 6compensation — com·pen·sa·tion /ˌkäm pən sā shən/ n 1: the act of compensating 2 in the civil law of Louisiana: the ending of mutual obligations between two people for money or quantities of fungible things usu. by operation of law but sometimes by an agreement …

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  • 7compensation — [käm΄pən sā′shən] n. [ME compensacioun < L compensatio] 1. a compensating or being compensated 2. a) anything given as an equivalent, or to make amends for a loss, damage, unemployment, etc.; recompense b) payment for services; esp., wages or… …

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  • 8Compensation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Compensation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 compensation compensation equation Sgm: N 1 commutation commutation Sgm: N 1 indemnification indemnification Sgm: N 1 compromise compromise &c. 774 neutralization nullification …

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  • 9Compensation Act 2006 — The Compensation Act 2006[1] Parliament of the United Kingdom Long title An Act to specify certain factors that may be taken into account by a court dete …

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  • 10Compensation (psychology) — In psychology, compensation is a strategy whereby one covers up, consciously or unconsciously, weaknesses, frustrations, desires, feelings of inadequacy or incompetence in one life area through the gratification or (drive towards) excellence in… …

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