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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compensate, give in return |
| Synonyms: | indemnify, make, make amends, make good, pay, pay off, quit, reciprocate, recompense, redeem, redress, reimburse, remunerate, repay, respond, restitution, retaliate, return, revenge, reward, satisfy, settle |
| Antonyms: | dissatisfy, refuse |
| Main Entry: | compensate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make restitution |
| Synonyms: | atone, come down with, commit, guerdon, indemnify, make good, pay, pay up, plank out, pony up, recompense, recoup, refund, reimburse, remunerate, repay, requite, reward, satisfy, shell out, take care of, tickle the palm |
| Antonyms: | deprive, fine, forfeit, lose |
| Main Entry: | gratify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give pleasure; satisfy |
| Synonyms: | appease, arride, baby*, cater to, coddle, content, delectate, delight, do one proud, do the trick, enchant, favor, fill the bill, fulfill*, get one's kicks, gladden, hit the spot, humor, indulge, make a hit, make happy, oblige, pamper, please, recompense, requite, thrill |
| Antonyms: | annoy, disappoint, disturb, frustrate, offend, pain, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | make up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compensate, reconcile |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, atone, balance, bury the hatchet, come to terms, compose, conciliate, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, forgive and forget, make amends, make peace, mend, offset, outweigh, pacify, recompense, redeem, redress, requite, set off, settle, shake hands |
| Antonyms: | disagree |
| Main Entry: | offset |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | counterbalance, compensate |
| Synonyms: | account, allow for, atone for, balance, be equivalent, cancel out, charge, counteract, counterpoise, counterpose, countervail, equal, equalize, equipoise, make amends, make up for, negate, neutralize, outweigh, recompense, redeem, requite, set off |
| Main Entry: | pay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give money for goods, services |
| Synonyms: | adjust, bear the cost, bear the expense, bequeath, bestow, chip in, clear, come through, compensate, confer, cough up, defray, dig up, disburse, discharge, extend, foot the bill, foot*, grant, hand over*, handle, honor, kick in, liquidate, make payment, meet, offer, plunk down, prepay, present, proffer, put up, recompense, recoup, refund, reimburse, remit, remunerate, render, repay, requite, reward, satisfy, settle, stake, take care of |
| Antonyms: | earn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get revenge |
| Synonyms: | avenge oneself, get even, make up for, pay back, pay one's dues, punish, reciprocate, recompense, repay, requite, retaliate, settle a score, square, square things |
| Main Entry: | reciprocate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exchange, alternate; equal |
| Synonyms: | barter, be equivalent, correspond, feel in return, interchange, make up for, match, pay one's dues, recompense, render, repay, reply, requite, respond, retaliate, retort, return, return the compliment, scratch one's back, serve out, share, square, swap, swing, tit for tat, trade, vacillate |
| Antonyms: | deny, refuse |
| Main Entry: | recompense |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay back, make restitution |
| Synonyms: | ante up, atone, atone for, balance, comp, compensate, cough up, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, do business, equalize, expiate, fix, give satisfaction, grease, indemnify, make amends, make good, make up for, offset, overcompensate, pay, pay for, propitiate, put out, reciprocate, recoup, recover, redress, reimburse, remunerate, repay, requite, retaliate, retrieve, return, reward, satisfy, spring for, square*, sweeten the pot, swing for, take care of |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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