compensate

Example Sentences

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Big as the number sounds, it isn’t nearly enough to compensate for the loss of barrels passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal

Stock needs to be repurchased to keep share counts flat when employees are compensated with shares, all else being equal.

From Barron's

MPs heard the Horizon Shortfall Scheme, which compensates some victims, was "broken".

From BBC

The move would strongly suggest "the need for the US to compensate for its heavy use of existing missile defence capabilities in the Middle East", Professor John Nilsson-Wright of Cambridge University told the BBC.

From BBC

"She was compensated as part of this agreement, and for many years, she abided by its terms," the spokesperson added.

From BBC