1. Receiving or eligible for compensation
   - remunerated, salaried, stipendiary

1. Adjust for
   - counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even up 
2. Make amends for; pay compensation for
   "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident"
   - recompense, repair, indemnify 
3. Make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
   "he is compensating for being a bad father"
   - cover, overcompensate 
4. Make reparations or amends for
   - right, redress, correct 
5. Do or give something to somebody in return
   - pay, pay off, make up 
6. Make payment to; compensate
   - recompense, remunerate

See also: compensation, paid

Type of: alter, balance, change, equilibrate, equilibrise [Brit], equilibrize, modify, pay, settle

Encyclopedia: Compensate

• South Korean monetary unit
• South Korean won
• South of Houston
• South Pacific
• South Platte
• South Platte River
• South Pole
• South Sea
• South Sea Islands
• south side
• south southwest
• South Temperate Zone
• South Vietnam
• South West Africa
• south wind
• South Yorkshire
• South-African yellowwood
• south-central
• South-Central Dravidian
• south-polar
• south-seeking pole
• south-southeast
• Southampton
• southbound
• Southdown