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Compensatory

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com·pen·sate  (kmpn-st)
v. com·pen·sat·ed, com·pen·sat·ing, com·pen·sates
v.tr.
1. To offset; counterbalance.
2. To make satisfactory payment or reparation to; recompense or reimburse: Management compensated us for the time we worked.
3. To stabilize the purchasing power of (a monetary unit) by changing the gold content in order to counterbalance price variations.
v.intr.
To serve as or provide a substitute or counterbalance.
[Latin compnsre, compnst- : com-, com- + pnsre, to weigh; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.]
compen·sative (kmpn-stv, km-pns-tv) adj.
compen·sator n.
com·pensa·tory (km-pns-tôr, -tr) adj.
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Mr Wegg also noticed, with admiring eyes, that, while the flowery land displayed such hollow ornamentation as stuffed birds and waxen fruits under glass- shades, there were, in the territory where vegetation ceased, compensatory shelves on which the best part of a large pie and likewise of a cold joint were plainly discernible among other solids.
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