verb
- past tense and past participle of recompense; to give payment or reward to someone for work, trouble, or loss suffered
Usage: formal
Examples
- The company recompensed employees for working overtime during the holiday.
- She was fairly recompensed for her years of dedicated service.
- The insurance company recompensed the family for their losses in the fire.
- He felt adequately recompensed for his efforts on the project.
- The volunteers were recompensed with a small stipend for their time.
- The court ordered that victims be recompensed for their suffering.