compensates
SayKOM-puhn-saytsUS/ˈkɑm.pənˌseɪts/UK/ˈkɒm.pən.seɪts/AUSKOM-pen-sayts/ˈkɔm.penˌsæɪts/
- 1Third-person singular present of compensate. Use it when one person or thing makes up for, or pays for, something.
The company compensates workers for any extra hours they put in.
Her great memory compensates for her poor eyesight.
Note
compensates is a form of compensate
compensate, verb: To pay someone money for work they did or for something they gave you. Full entry
- Forms
- compensatecompensates he/she/itcompensating -ing formcompensated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- compensate → compensates: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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