Recompense
Meaning of Recompense
Payment or reward for loss, effort or harm; to repay.
ما معنى كلمة Recompense بالعربي؟
تعويض أو مكافأة مقابل العمل أو الضرر
💰🎁 تعويض أو مكافأة مقابل العمل أو الضرر؛ جزاء أو عوض عن شيء مُقدم؛ مُقابل مالي أو معنوي يُدفع لشخص نظير خدماته أو تضحياته أو كتعويض عن خسارة أو ضرر لحق به 💰🎁
قصة GL: التعويض العادل يُحفز الإنجاز والعطاء - جزاء أو عوض مُستحق، المُقابل المعنوي الذي يُحققه التعلم الجيني للمُتعلمين في شكل نمو ذهني وثقة بالنفس وقدرات مُحسّنة 🏆
Synonyms & related words
Recompense in a sentence
Participants received recompense for their time.
Recompense for extra hours was agreed.
The court awarded recompense for the loss.
A thank-you is small recompense for a helper.
Origin of Recompense
From Old French recompenser, from Late Latin compensare 'to balance'.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, recompense can be payment or fair return. GL pays fair recompense to study volunteers.
Recompense audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
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.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
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!
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
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.
Frequently asked questions about Recompense
What does Recompense mean?
Payment or reward for loss, effort or harm; to repay.
ما معنى كلمة Recompense بالعربي؟
تعويض أو مكافأة مقابل العمل أو الضرر — 💰🎁 تعويض أو مكافأة مقابل العمل أو الضرر؛ جزاء أو عوض عن شيء مُقدم؛ مُقابل مالي أو معنوي يُدفع لشخص نظير خدماته أو تضحياته أو كتعويض عن خسارة أو ضرر لحق به 💰🎁
How do you pronounce Recompense?
Recompense is pronounced /ˈrekəmpens/ and is used as a noun / verb.
How is Recompense used in a sentence?
Participants received recompense for their time.
What are synonyms of Recompense?
compensation, reward, repayment, remuneration, redress, indemnity.