Third person singular or plural of compensate; to give money or something valuable to someone to make up for a loss or injury.
From Latin 'compensare' (com- 'together' plus 'pensare' 'to weigh'), literally meaning to weigh together or balance. The third person form follows standard English verb conjugation.
The Latin root 'pensare' (to weigh) reveals that compensation is literally about balancing scales—making loss and payment equal on a moral or legal scale.
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