(v. t.) To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate.
(v. t.) To return an equivalent for; to give compensation for; to atone for; to pay for.
(v. t.) To give in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved.
(v. i.) To give recompense; to make amends or requital.
(n.) An equivalent returned for anything done, suffered, or given; compensation; requital; suitable return.
Example Sentences:
(1) He had raised the possibility of calling witnesses to testify "if it really is the case that legitimate lobbyists could be paid 30% of the value of a $40m contract simply as recompense for their time and trouble".
(2) In 1952-61 44 cases of lung cancer were reported in conjunction with radioactive substances, in 1962-85 already 1511 patients were recompensated.
(3) Coagulation-analysis control of the development shows clearly that shock treatment and maintenance of adequate circulation, starting at the earliest possible moment at the scene of the accident, are important for spontaneous recompensation of the hemostatic defect.
(4) Key findings included the following: 1) for a least 40% of outpatient schizophrenics, drugs seem to be essential for survival in the community; 2) the majority of patients who relapse after drug withdrawal recompensate fairly rapidly upon reinstitution of antipsychotic drug therapy; 3) placebo survivors seem to function as well as drug survivors--thus the benefit of maintenance drug therapy appears to be prevention of relapse; and 4) some cases of early relapse after drug withdrawal may be due to dyskinesia rather than psychotic decompensation.
(5) Doctors were happy with the deal, seeing a pay freeze as adequate recompense for the government backing away from patient choice.
(6) Preliminary loop cutaneous ureterostomy diversion allowed adequate ureteral recompensation such that ureteral tapering was unnecessary in any of these cases.
(7) The international community agreed to examine options for a mechanism for poor countries to seek recompense.
(8) Whichever way the matter is eventually settled, Johnson feels those involved in the England 2018 campaign are in effect fraud victims and should be recompensed for what has proved a considerable waste of time and money, effort and energy.
(9) It’s not just recompense for Benn’s historic defeat, but one better.
(10) Coad, representing Edmonds, said: “Noel has waited 10 years to see justice done after his business empire was brought down by Mr Dobson’s fraud, and if the Lloyds review process does not provide the recompense due to Noel, then all the necessary ordinance, including litigation funding, is in place to start legal proceedings.” Lloyds said the £100m compensation pot could be increased if necessary.
(11) A spokesman for the Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS foundation trust said: “During the same period, NHS activity at the trust has increased by 25%; but this has been insufficiently funded under the current NHS tariff system, which is widely recognised as not recompensing highly complex work.
(12) It was agreed that the Obama administration would pay Tehran $1.7bn to recompense Iran for an aborted arms deal drawn up before the 1979 Islamic revolution.
(13) Recompensation, possibly through the use of another person as a transitional object, was noted during the illness.
(14) While this principle – that victims can seek recompense from those who have harmed them — is central to the law of most countries, it remains a politically contentious topic in the international context of climate change.
(15) I didn't buy the State of Israel being the recompense for the murder of European Jewry, recompense not being quite the right word, of course.
(16) This paper discusses the application of basic theories of family functioning to understanding the syndrome consisting of abnormal-illness behaviour centred around a recompensable illness or injury.
(17) A report is given on a patient with ischaemic heart disease, whose recompensation in tachyarrhythmia absoluta was for some times possible only by means of unusually high doses of digitoxin (fully effective dose to 5.72 mg, maintenance dose to 0.4 mg).
(18) China agreed to waive all claims for compensation - instead of haggling over its population's right for recompense, Beijing settled for new bridges, dams and airports.
(19) The Guardian columnist George Monbiot has reached what he called an "unprecedented" libel settlement with Lord McAlpine , pledging to carry out three years of charity work as recompense for Twitter messages that wrongly linked the former Conservative chairman with an allegation of child sex abuse.
(20) "Good conduct" showed a slight decrease as the challenging character of recompense grew smaller, but was still above the initial level.
Reward
Definition:
(v. t.) To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate.
(n.) Regard; respect; consideration.
(n.) That which is given in return for good or evil done or received; esp., that which is offered or given in return for some service or attainment, as for excellence in studies, for the return of something lost, etc.; recompense; requital.
(n.) Hence, the fruit of one's labor or works.
(n.) Compensation or remuneration for services; a sum of money paid or taken for doing, or forbearing to do, some act.
Example Sentences:
(1) We want to be sure that the country that’s providing all the infrastructure and support to the business is the one that reaps the reward by being able to collect the tax,” he said.
(2) This "gender identity movement" has brought together such unlikely collaborators as surgeons, endocrinologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, gynecologists, and research specialists into a mutually rewarding arena.
(3) Learning ability was assessed using a radial arm maze task, in which the rats had to visit each of eight arms for a food reward.
(4) The hosts had resisted through the early stages, emulating their rugged first-half displays against Manchester United and Arsenal here this season, and even mustered a flurry of half-chances just before the interval to offer a reminder they might glean greater reward thereafter.
(5) "The company and its shareholders have been handsomely rewarded for that."
(6) It is worth noting though that the government is reaping scant reward in the polls even though the economy has expanded by more than 3% over the past year and – according to the IMF – will be the fastest growing of the G7 economies this year.
(7) Despite a few initial concerns about the technology and how it would fit into their daily routines, staff really see the benefit and find it rewarding to see the messages and be able to respond straight away.
(8) The Treasury said: "Britain has been at the forefront of global reforms to make banking more responsible, including big reductions in upfront cash bonuses and linking rewards to long-term success.
(9) The hypothesis that metabolic rate, as well as foraging and recruiting activities, depend on the motivational state of the foraging bee determined by the reward at the food source is discussed.
(10) But mention the words "eurozone crisis" to other Finns, and you could be rewarded with little more than a confused, albeit friendly, smile.
(11) Six other rats were rewarded only if their sequence of left and right responses in the current trial differed from each of the previous five trials.
(12) Cats were trained to press a lever for 0.5--1.0 ml of milk reward both in the presence and absence of ambient light.
(13) He is 100% committed in every training session and that is why I rewarded him with the chance to play.
(14) As a result existing job definitions and traditional forms of organization are being challenged and attempts made to restructure work so that it becomes meaningful and rewarding in the fullest sense, to the individual, to the enterprise, and to society.
(15) Since these tumors are often multiple and small, angiography is not very rewarding.
(16) The reason to be an atheist is not that it makes us feel better or gives us a more rewarding life.
(17) The collaborative approach focused on rewards of behavioral change and minimized attention to prevention of negative behaviors, while openly valuing input from the women who are potential health promoters in their own communities.
(18) Not only is there a great need, but it is a personally rewarding and satisfactory experience.
(19) The glutamatergic mechanisms of neostriatum and nucleus accumbens septi play a minor role in attenuation of tegmental self-stimulation with droperidol, fluphenazine, trifluoperazine and clozapine but these mechanisms seem to be responsible for the suppression of "reward" phenomenon with haloperidol, thioridazine and aminazine.
(20) Free money offers The Halifax's £100 cash is available to people who switch to its Reward current account.