Compensate and Settle

Compensate

Compensate verb - Do or give something to somebody in return.

Settle and compensate are semantically related in finance topic. In some cases you can use "Settle" instead a verb "Compensate", when it comes to topics like pay off, pay back.

Settle

Settle verb - To cause to come to rest at the bottom (as of a liquid).

Compensate and settle are semantically related in finance topic. Sometimes you can use "Compensate" instead a verb "Settle", if it concerns topics such as pay, pay off, pay back.

Common collocations

people compensate people settle people
relationship compensate relationship settle relationship
way compensate way settle way
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