kompenseerima

Kompenseerima ises reference to Estonian verb meaning to compensate, offset, or make up for something. It denotes the act of balancing a loss, burden, or disparity by providing an equivalent value or benefit. The concept is used in everyday language as well as in legal and financial contexts.

The verb is used transitively with objects such as kahju (damages), kulud (costs), or puudused (deficits). Common uses include compensating damages to clients, offsetting costs through subsidies, or reimbursing lost income. For example, a company might kompenseerib kahju to clients, or a government program might kompenseerib maksukohustusi for eligible individuals. In workplace language, an employer may kompenseerida expenses incurred by an employee.

Kompenseerima has related forms in noun and verb derivatives. The noun kompensatsioon refers to the act or state of compensation, while kompenseerimine or kompenseeritus denotes the process of compensating. These terms are often used in legal, contractual, and economic texts.

Etymology traces kompenseerima to the noun kompensatsioon, which is derived from the international term compensation and borrowed into Estonian through common European linguistic pathways. The concept is widely understood across fields as the mechanism to restore balance after a loss or to offset a previous shortfall.

See also: kompensatsioon, kompenseerimine, kompensatsioonimehhanism.