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▸ verb: To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
▸ verb: (ambitransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.
▸ verb: To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.
Similar:
remunerate,
recompense,
pay off,
pay,
indemnify,
redress,
even out,
even up,
counterbalance,
make up,
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