Alex
What's the difference between "compensate" and "offset", if any? For example, are they interchangeable in such sentence: she claimed to compensate the injury of her car? Can you give some more examples? Thanks in advance!
2016年2月29日 06:55
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Hello! Both terms in this case are to do with the payment of money. Perhaps to understand the meaning of compensate your sentence could be revised to: "She placed a claim with the insurance company. The insurance company compensated her for the damage to her car." (Note: Cars are not injured, they are damaged.) In my example, she was given money by the insurance company to repair her car. This money is "compensation". "offset" is a little more difficult to explain, but I will try. If the damage to the car costs $1000, but the insurance company would only give her $800 to repair it, it might be said that because she had to pay the extra $200 to get the car repaired, the insurance company had only offset the total amount. So your sentence might then read: "She placed a claim with the insurance company for $1000, but the company would only pay $800. The $800 offset the cost to repair her car, but she still had to pay $200 to have the car repaired". I am sorry that this is complicated, but I hope it helps.
2016年2月29日
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