All 3 Uses
compensate
in
The Hunger Games
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- The district had given us a small amount of money as compensation for his death, enough to cover one month of grieving at which time my mother would be expected to get a job.
p. 26.9compensation = payment
- He'll also bring them game ... and will probably not ask for compensation, but they should thank him with some kind of trade, like milk or medicine.
p. 35.3 *
- My head keeps turning to the injured side, as my right ear tries to compensate for the wall of nothingness where yesterday there was a constant flow of information.†
p. 229.1 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(compensate as in: she compensates with extra effort) make up for; or adjust for
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(2)
(compensate as in: she is generously compensated) to make payment to someone
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)