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compensate
Verb
  • To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
  • To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even. transitive, intransitive
  • To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.