compensatory

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French compensatoire. Synchronically analysable as compensate +‎ -ory.

Adjective

compensatory (comparative more compensatory, superlative most compensatory)

That compensates, or serves as compensation

Derived terms

compensatory lengthening

Translations

serving as compensation

Norwegian:
Bokmål: kompensatorisk

Nynorsk: kompensatorisk

Anagrams

company store, company-store

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