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Narrator: Today's word is "Recompense" — noun, pronounced /ˈrekəmpens/, with the stress on "rec".
Narrator: Recompense is something given to someone to make up for a loss, injury or effort.
Narrator: In plain English, it is payment to make things fair.
Narrator: It comes from the Latin recompensare, to weigh back.
Narrator: A common collocation is "in recompense for", which describes payment given for something.
Narrator: It differs from "reward", because a reward praises success, while recompense makes up for loss.
Narrator: In a second sense, as a verb, to recompense someone is to pay them back.
Narrator: Law, insurance, employment and customer service all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: recompense makes up for what was lost.
Speaker A: Did the airline pay you for the delay?
Speaker B: Yes, two hundred pounds RECOMPENSE! It comes from Latin for weighing back.
Speaker A: Fair enough?
Speaker B: Just about.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "She received recompense for her injuries", a court. "No recompense can replace him", a grief. "Volunteers work without recompense", a charity.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Recompense is formal, so everyday speech uses "compensation" instead.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Compensation is its cousin, redress its twin, and reimbursement an alternative — yet recompense keeps its formal charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "recompense" in AI prompts — useful for complaints and legal drafting.
Speaker A: How for complaints?
Speaker B: Request fairly.
Prompt: Write a polite complaint letter asking for recompense after a cancelled train.
Speaker A: And legal drafting?
Speaker B: Clear clauses.
Prompt: Draft a contract clause setting out recompense for late delivery.
Speaker A: Could it help support?
Speaker B: Yes, for policy.
Prompt: Suggest a fair recompense policy for customers affected by a service outage.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Plain English.
Prompt: Rewrite this letter replacing recompense with simpler words.
Recompense — meaning in Arabic & definition More R courses GL Dictionary