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    [Verb]  | "rec*om*pense" | \ ˈre-kəm-ˌpen(t)s \


    1: to give something to by way of compensation (as for a service rendered or damage incurred)

    2: to pay for

    3: to return in kind : requite


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French recompenser, from Late Latin recompensare, from Latin re- + compensare to compensate;

    [Noun]  | "recompense" 


    1: an equivalent or a return for something done, suffered, or given : compensation


    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Noun]  | "recompenses" 


    1: payment to another for a loss or injury;


      * e.g., " ... the jury awarded an additional $5,000 in recompense for physical pain and suffering "



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    2: something (as money) that is given or received in return for goods or services;


      * e.g., " ... the volunteer expects nothing more than sincere thanks as recompense for his efforts "



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    [Noun]  | "recompense" 


    1: payment to another for a loss or injury;


      * e.g., " ... the jury awarded an additional $5,000 in recompense for physical pain and suffering "



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    2: something (as money) that is given or received in return for goods or services;


      * e.g., " ... the volunteer expects nothing more than sincere thanks as recompense for his efforts "



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    [Verb]  | "recompenses" 


    1: to give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received;


      * e.g., " ... the cash-strapped museum can recompense lecturers with only token honorariums "





    2: to give what is owed for;


      * e.g., " ... that company still needs to recompense the work that the contractor finished last month "



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    3: to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury;


      * e.g., " ... the government has yet to adequately recompense the property owners for the land taken for the new highway "



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    [Verb]  | "recompense" 


    1: to give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received;


      * e.g., " ... the cash-strapped museum can recompense lecturers with only token honorariums "





    2: to give what is owed for;


      * e.g., " ... that company still needs to recompense the work that the contractor finished last month "



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    3: to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury;


      * e.g., " ... the government has yet to adequately recompense the property owners for the land taken for the new highway "



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     [ "recompense" ]

    1: Getting what was deserved

      * e.g.,  ... Tony finally got recompense dating Kat the sweetest plum is an acquired taste 

     [ "recompense" ]

    1: It is biblical and means receiving understanding from GOD when you seek HIM in privacy. James 1:5 NIV

      * e.g.,  ... And thou, when thou prayest, enter into thin thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy FATHER who is in secret, and thy FATHER who seeth in secret shall recompense thee. ASV 


     [ "recompense" ]

    2: Matthew 6:6 NIV


     [ "recompense" ]

    3: Philippians 4:6 NIV

     [ "austerity recompense" ]

    1: getting paid to not sleep with someone

      * e.g.,  ... I got an austerity recompense of Knicks tickets from that old guy because I didn't hook up with that girl he's macking on. Suhweet. 

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