COMPENSATE FOR

а. компенсировать что-л. (о деньгах) The firm must compensate you for your travelling costs. The city compensates owners for land taken from them for public building. б. уравнивать, компенсировать (что-л. плохое) A beautiful autumn day like this compensates for the wet summer we have had. The loss of money is more than compensated for by the joy of having free time. Meeting you unexpectedly certainly compensates for missing the train! Nothing could ever compensate me for losing my husband.