'Compensating' definitions:
Definition of 'Compensating'
From: GCIDE
- Compensate \Com"pen*sate\ (? or ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compensated; p. pr. & vb. n. Compensating.] [L. compensatus, p. p. of compensare, prop., to weigh several things with one another, to balance with one another, verb intens. fr. compendere. See Compendium.]
- 1. To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for. [1913 Webster]
- The length of the night and the dews thereof do compensate the heat of the day. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- The pleasures of life do not compensate the miseries. --Prior.
- Syn: To recompense; remunerate; indemnify; reward; requite; counterbalance. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'compensating'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adversative,
- adverse,
- adversive,
- amendatory,
- antagonistic,
- anti,
- antipathetic,
- antithetic,
- antonymous,
- at cross-purposes,
- balancing,
- clashing,
- compensative,
- compensatory,
- conflicting,
- confronting,
- contradictory,
- contradistinct,
- contrapositive,
- contrarious,
- contrary,
- contrasted,
- converse,
- counter,
- counteracting,
- counteractive,
- counterbalancing,
- counterpoised,
- countervailing,
- dead against,
- discordant,
- discrepant,
- expiatory,
- eyeball to eyeball,
- hostile,
- inconsistent,
- indemnificatory,
- inimical,
- inverse,
- lucrative,
- moneymaking,
- obverse,
- offsetting,
- opposed,
- opposing,
- opposite,
- oppositional,
- oppositive,
- oppugnant,
- paying,
- penitential,
- perverse,
- profitable,
- recompensive,
- rectifying,
- remunerative,
- reparative,
- repaying,
- repugnant,
- retaliatory,
- retributive,
- retributory,
- reverse,
- rewardful,
- rewarding,
- satisfying,
- squared off
Words containing 'Compensating'
- Compensate,
- Compensated,
- Compensation,
- Compensative,
- Compensator,
- Compense,
- compensable,
- Compensated balance,
- Compensation balance,
- Compensation pendulum,
- Magnetic compensator,
- compensating balance,
- compensating gearing,
- unemployment compensation,
- workmen's compensation,
- Workmen's compensation act,
- mercurial compensation pendulum