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41recompense — (n.) late 14c. (recompensation), from O.Fr. recompense (13c.), from L.L. recompensare, from L. re again (see RE (Cf. re )) + compensare balance out, lit. weigh together (see COMPENSATE (Cf. compensate)). The verb is attested from early 15c.… …
42recompense — [[t]re̱kəmpens[/t]] recompenses, recompensing, recompensed 1) N UNCOUNT: oft N for n, in N If you are given something, usually money, in recompense, you are given it as a reward or because you have suffered. [FORMAL] He demands no financial… …
43compensating — adj. compensatory; rewarding; recompensing; remunerating com·pen·sate || kÉ’mpenseɪt v. reward; reimburse, pay back; make up for …
44remunerative — a. 1. Profitable, paying, gainful, paying a good interest, bringing a good return. 2. Remuneratory, rewarding, requiting, recompensing …
45due — adj Due, rightful, condign are comparable when they mean being in accordance with what is just and appro priate. Due, which basically means owed or owing as a debt, carries over in the sense here considered a strong implication that the thing so… …
46emolument — stipend, salary, fee, *wage or wages, pay, hire Analogous words: compensation, remuneration, recompensing or recompense (see corresponding verbs at PAY): reward, meed, guerdon (see PREMIUM) …
47meed — n guerdon, prize, award, reward, *premium, bounty, bonus Analogous words: recompensing or recompense, remuneration, satisfaction (see corresponding verbs at PAY) …
48prize# — prize n *premium, award, reward, meed, guerdon, bounty, bonus Analogous words: recompensing or recompense, compensation (see corresponding verbs at PAY): winning or winnings (see GET) Antonyms: forfeit prize vb value, treasure, cherish,… …
49profitable — 1 *beneficial, advantageous Analogous words: *favorable, auspicious, propitious: *expedient, advisable, politic Antonyms: unprofitable Contrasted words: detrimental, deleterious (see PERNICIOUS): harming or harmful, injurious, hurting …
50reparation — reparation, redress, amends, restitution, indemnity are comparable when they mean a return for something lost or suffered, usually through the fault of another. Reparation implies an attempt to restore things to their normal or sound condition.… …
