(~s, compensating, ~d)
1.
To ~ someone for money or things that they have lost means to pay them money or give them something to replace that money or those things.
To ease financial difficulties, farmers could be ~d for their loss of subsidies.
VERB: V n for n, also V n
2.
If you ~ for a lack of something or for something you have done wrong, you do something to make the situation better.
The company agreed to keep up high levels of output in order to ~ for supplies lost...
She would then feel guilt for her anger and ~ by doing even more for the children.
VERB: V for n, V
3.
Something that ~s for something else balances it or reduces its effects.
MPs say it is crucial that a system is found to ~ for inflation...
VERB: V for n
4.
If you try to ~ for something that is wrong or missing in your life, you try to do something that removes or reduces the harmful effects.
No supportive words could ever ~ for the pain of being separated from her children for 10 years.
VERB: V for n