different between repay vs recompense
repay
English
Etymology
From Old French repaier (“to pay back”) (compare French repayer (“to pay again”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i?pe?/
- Rhymes: -e?
Verb
repay (third-person singular simple present repays, present participle repaying, simple past and past participle repaid)
- To pay back.
Translations
Anagrams
- Payer, Peary, apery, payer, peary, praye, rapey
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recompense
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)
- An equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital.
- 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)
- To reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc.
- To give compensation for an injury, or other type of harm or damage.
- (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)
- recompense; compensation
Descendants
- English: recompense
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /??e.kõ.?p?.si/
Verb
recompense
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of recompensar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of recompensar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of recompensar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of recompensar
Spanish
Verb
recompense
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of recompensar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of recompensar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of recompensar.
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