recompense
/ˈrɛkəmpɛns/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈrɛkəmpɛns/
recompense
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- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
re - com - pense -> recompense
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
recompense /'rekǝmpens/ v
~ sb (for sth) (fml )
နစ်နာကြေး၊ ချီးမြှင့်ငွေပေးသည်။
recompense employees for working overtime ❍ recompense her for the loss of her job.
n [sing, U] ~ (for sth) (fml ) ချီးမြှင့်ငွေ။ ဆုလာဘ်။ နစ်နာ ကြေး။
receive adequate recompense for one's services/efforts ❍ The victim was awarded $10000 as recompense for loss of income after the accident.
More examples
- recompense /'rekǝmpens/ v ~ sb (for sth) ( fml ) နစ်နာကြေး၊ ချီးမြှင့်ငွေပေးသည်။ recompense employees for working overtime
- recompense her for the loss of her job. n [sing, U] ~ (for sth) ( fml ) ချီးမြှင့်ငွေ။ ဆုလာဘ်။ နစ်နာ ကြေး။ receive adequate recompense for one's services/efforts
- The victim was awarded $10000 as recompense for loss of income after the accident.
Synonyms
reward, compensate, repay, pay, remunerate, reimburse, make up for, amends, ante up, atone, atone for, atonement, balance, bus fare, comp, compensation, cough up, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, cue, damages, do business, emolument, equalize, expiate, expiation, fix, give satisfaction, gravy, grease, indemnification, indemnify, indemnity, lex talionis, make amends, make good, make restitution, measure for measure, meed, offset, overcompensate, overcompensation, paid back, pay back, pay for, payment, propitiate, propitiation, put out, quittance, reciprocate, recoup, recoupment, recover, recovery, rectification, redemption, redress, remuneration, reparation, repayment, requital, requite, restitution, retaliate, retrieval, retrieve, retrievement, return, salvo, satisfaction, satisfy, solatium, something returned, spring for, square, sweeten the pot, sweetener, swing for, take care of, tip, tooth for a tooth, wages
Antonyms
charge, cost, deprive, disproportion, dissatisfaction, dissatisfy, lose, penalize, penalty, refuse, seize, take, worsen
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