| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Something to make up for loss or damage: amends, compensation, indemnification, indemnity, offset, quittance, redress, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, repayment, requital, restitution, satisfaction, setoff. See SUBSTITUTE. 2. Something justly deserved: comeuppance, desert2 (often used in plural), due, guerdon, reward, wage (often used in plural). Informal : lump1 (used in plural). Idioms: what is coming to one, what one has coming. See REWARD. 3. Something given in exchange for goods or services rendered: compensation, consideration, payment, remuneration. See PAY. | | VERB: | 1. To give compensation to: compensate, indemnify, pay, redress, reimburse, remunerate, repay, requite. See PAY. 2. To give payment to in return for goods or services rendered: compensate, pay, remunerate. See PAY. 3. To give a satisfactory return to: compensate, indemnify, pay, remunerate, repay, requite, reward. See PAY.
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