recompense
noun/ˈrekəmpens/
/ˈrekəmpens/
[uncountable] (formal)- something, usually money, that you are given because you have suffered in some way, or as a payment for something
- recompense (for somebody/something) There must be adequate recompense for workers who lose their jobs.
- in recompense (for something) I received $1 000 in recompense for loss of earnings.
Extra Examples- He was given £1 000 in recompense for his loss.
- She received a gift as recompense.
- Substantial damages were paid in recompense.
- recompense from the government
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- reasonable
- sufficient
- financial
- …
- have
- expect
- get
- …
- as recompense
- in recompense
- recompense for
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from the verb recompenser ‘do a favour to requite a loss’, from late Latin recompensare, from Latin re- ‘again’ (also expressing intensive force) + compensare ‘weigh one thing against another’.
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