different between recompense vs compo

English

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French recompense, from Late Latin recompensare, from Latin re- (“again”) + compensare (“to balance out”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k?m?p?ns/
• Rhymes: -?ns

Noun

recompense (countable and uncountable, plural recompenses)

1. An equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital.
2. That which compensates for an injury, or other type of harm or damage.

Synonyms

• meed
• payback
• recompence
• restitution

Related terms

• compensate
• recompensate

Translations

Verb

recompense (third-person singular simple present recompenses, present participle recompensing, simple past and past participle recompensed)

1. To reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc.
2. To give compensation for an injury, or other type of harm or damage.

3. (transitive) To give (something) in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved.

   • Recompense to no man evil for evil.

Translations

Old French

Etymology

From recompenser.

Noun

recompense f (oblique plural recompenses, nominative singular recompense, nominative plural recompenses)

1. recompense; compensation

Descendants

• English: recompense

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /??e.kõ.?p?.si/

Verb

recompense

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of recompensar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of recompensar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of recompensar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of recompensar

Spanish

Verb

recompense

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of recompensar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of recompensar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of recompensar.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?m.p??/
• Rhymes: -?mp??

Noun

compo (countable and uncountable, plural compos)

1. Abbreviation of compensation.
   1. (Australia, slang) Workers' compensation.
2. Abbreviation of composition.
   1. (military, slang, historical, attributive) Compo ration.
      • 1992, Martin Walker, Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 1991: Public Eating

        Sometimes supplies of food might be a little short in certain areas but attempts were made to ensure that all men had some rations, compo and fresh, available to them.

   2. A mixture of whiting, resin, and glue for ornamenting walls and cornices.
   3. Lime cement mortar.

      • Lime-cement mortar is also known as composition or "compo" mortar, guarded or gauged mortar. The mix contains, lime, cement and sand in proportions depending on the requirements of the work.

   4. (cricket) A type of practice cricket ball made of cork and rubber.
3. Abbreviation of competition.

Derived terms

• compo ration

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kompo/, [?ko?mpo?]

Noun

compo

1. Alternative form of kompo

Declension

French

Etymology

Shortening of composition.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.po/

Noun

compo f (plural compos)

1. (sports) lineup