English-Finnish translations for recompense

• korvata
  Tämä on yhteisen hyvän eräs muoto, joka pitäisi jollain lailla korvata. This is a form of common good that ought to be recompensed in some way.
  Tuotteen hintaa voidaan laskea korvaamalla kalliita osia halvemmilla osilla.
  Kasvissyöjät usein korvaavat lihan soijalla.
• korvaus
  fossiilisten polttoaineiden korvaus biopolttoaineilla
  työttömyyskorvaus
• vahingonkorvaus

Definition of recompense

• An equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital
• To reward or repay for something done, given etc
• To give compensation for an injury, or other type of harm or damage
• To give in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved

Examples

• He offered money as recompense for the damage, but what the injured party wanted was an apology.
• The judge ordered the defendant to recompense the plaintiff by paying $100.

Related words

• recompensing
• unrecompensed
• in recompense