Compensatory
adjective
Meant to make an improvement or correction by equal measure.
He received a compensatory salary boost after missing out on a promotion.
Often appears as...
- compensatory damages
- compensatory time
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Relating to payment given to someone in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury.
The court ordered him to pay compensatory damages.
Often appears as...
- compensatory payment
- compensatory relief
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
adjective
Meant to make an improvement or correction by equal measure.
He received a compensatory salary boost after missing out on a promotion.
Often appears as...
- compensatory damages
- compensatory time
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Relating to payment given to someone in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury.
The court ordered him to pay compensatory damages.
Often appears as...
- compensatory payment
- compensatory relief
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Equality Focus
Compensatory in this sense is about balance, making things fair or equal, often in work or benefits.
She worked overtime, so her boss gave her compensatory days off.
Pro Tip 2/3Offsetting Loss
Actions are compensatory if they intend to offset or balance out an unwelcome event or situation.
After the company's mistake, they offered customers a compensatory discount.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Action
Compensatory measures or actions are usually seen as positive because they attempt to correct or improve a situation.
Environmental projects can have compensatory benefits to the affected ecosystem.
Pro Tip 1/3Equality Focus
Compensatory in this sense is about balance, making things fair or equal, often in work or benefits.
She worked overtime, so her boss gave her compensatory days off.
Pro Tip 2/3Offsetting Loss
Actions are compensatory if they intend to offset or balance out an unwelcome event or situation.
After the company's mistake, they offered customers a compensatory discount.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Action
Compensatory measures or actions are usually seen as positive because they attempt to correct or improve a situation.
Environmental projects can have compensatory benefits to the affected ecosystem.
Pro Tip 1/3Equality Focus
Compensatory in this sense is about balance, making things fair or equal, often in work or benefits.
She worked overtime, so her boss gave her compensatory days off.
Pro Tip 2/3Offsetting Loss
Actions are compensatory if they intend to offset or balance out an unwelcome event or situation.
After the company's mistake, they offered customers a compensatory discount.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Action
Compensatory measures or actions are usually seen as positive because they attempt to correct or improve a situation.
Environmental projects can have compensatory benefits to the affected ecosystem.
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Quote examples
Mark Fisher
British Writer
Capitalism can never pursue deterritorialization to the absolute. What deterritorialization there is within capitalism is always balanced by a compensatory lockdown onto nation, culture, and race. Hence the 'Steampunk' quality of capitalism, where the most ancient traditions can co-exist with the ultramodern.
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Gad Saad
Canadian Scientist
In many instances, mate choice is a compensatory process. In other words, both men and women choose prospective mates by combining their scores on several key attributes.
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John Sergeant Wise
American Author
However the Southern man may have been master of the negro, there were compensatory processes whereby certain negroes were masters of their masters' children.
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Dennis Potter
British Dramatist
People endure what they endure and they deal with it. It may corrupt them. It may lead them into all sorts of compensatory excesses.
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J. G. Ballard
British Author
Yes, sometimes I think that all my writing is nothing more than the compensatory work of a frustrated painter.
Quote examples
Mark Fisher
British Writer
Capitalism can never pursue deterritorialization to the absolute. What deterritorialization there is within capitalism is always balanced by a compensatory lockdown onto nation, culture, and race. Hence the 'Steampunk' quality of capitalism, where the most ancient traditions can co-exist with the ultramodern.
Quote examples
Gad Saad
Canadian Scientist
In many instances, mate choice is a compensatory process. In other words, both men and women choose prospective mates by combining their scores on several key attributes.
Quote examples
John Sergeant Wise
American Author
However the Southern man may have been master of the negro, there were compensatory processes whereby certain negroes were masters of their masters' children.
Quote examples
Dennis Potter
British Dramatist
People endure what they endure and they deal with it. It may corrupt them. It may lead them into all sorts of compensatory excesses.
Quote examples
J. G. Ballard
British Author
Yes, sometimes I think that all my writing is nothing more than the compensatory work of a frustrated painter.
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