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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
compensated \compensated\ adjective receiving or eligible for compensation.
Syn: remunerated, salaried, stipendiary. [WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Compensate \Com"pen*sate\ (? or ?; 277), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Compensated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compensating}.] [L. compensatus, p. p. of compensare, prop., to weigh several things with one another, to balance with one another, verb intens. fr. compendere. See {Compendium}.]
1. To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses.
2. To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for.
The length of the night and the dews thereof do compensate the heat of the day. --Bacon.
The pleasures of life do not compensate the miseries. --Prior.
Syn: To recompense; remunerate; indemnify; reward; requite; counterbalance.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
compensated
adjective: receiving or eligible for compensation; "salaried workers"; "a stipendiary magistrate" [syn: {remunerated}, {salaried}, {stipendiary}]
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