rec·om·pense
ˈre-kəm-ˌpen(t)s 
recompensed; recompensing
1
a
: to give something to by way of compensation (as for a service rendered or damage incurred)
b
: to pay for
2
: to return in kind : requite
: an equivalent or a return for something done, suffered, or given : compensation
offered in recompense for injuries
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Examples of recompense in a Sentence
Verb
the cash-strapped museum can recompense lecturers with only token honorariums
that company still needs to recompense the work that the contractor finished last month
Noun
He is asking for a just recompense for the work he's done.
He received $10,000 in recompense for his injuries.
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Phillip Molnar, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2024
The farmers argue that they should be recompensed by Texas under the takings clause of the Fifth Amendment.
—Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Jan. 2024
Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
Wiener’s bill offered no recompense for these ills.
—Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Businesses fail if proceeds do not recompense all expenses used in producing and delivering their products.
—Phillip Molnar, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2024
The farmers argue that they should be recompensed by Texas under the takings clause of the Fifth Amendment.
—Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Jan. 2024
Noun
In particular, there are benefits to streamers globally backing a show that go beyond financial recompense.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
Wiener’s bill offered no recompense for these ills.
—Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Recompense.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recompense. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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