compensatory

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

compensatory (comparative more compensatory, superlative most compensatory)

1. That compensates, or serves as compensation

Derived terms

• compensatory lengthening

Translations

serving as compensation

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kompensatorisk

  Nynorsk: kompensatorisk

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Anagrams

• company store, company-store