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46 COMPENSATION CLASS I.

To render equal, equalise, level, disparate, partial, unbalanced,
balance,equate,trim,dress, adjust, overbalanced, top-heavy, lop -
poise, square; to readjust, equi- sided, preponderating, out -
poise, equilibrate, set against. weighing, prevailing.

( Phrases ). To strike a balance; ( Phrases). More than a match

to establish or restore equality; for; above par; below
to stretch on the bed of Pro- baud passibus cequis. par;
crustes; to cry quits.

( Adjectives ). Equal, even, quit,
level, coequal, co-ordinate, equi-

valent, tantamount, convertible, equipollent, equipon -
derant, cquiponderou8, square.

( Phrases ). On a par with; on a level with; much of a muoh -

ness; as broad as long; as good as; pretty well; up to the
mark; up to the scratch ; six of one and half a dozen of the
other; tarred with the same brush; diamond cut diamond.

Rendered equal, made equal, equalised, equated, drawn,
poised, levelled, balanced, symmetrical, trimmed, dressed.

( Adverbs ). Part passu, equally, symmetrically, ad eundem,

ceteris paribus, practically, to ail intents and purposes, neck
and neck.

29. MEAN (Substantives), medium, intermedium, compromise,
average, balance, middle (08), via media, juste milieu.
Neutrality, middle course, shuffling.

( Phrases ). The golden mean ; the average man ; the man in the
street.

( Verbs ). To compromise, pair off, cancel.

( Phrases ). To sit on the fence; split the difference; strike a
balance; take the average; reduce to a mean ; to take a safe course.

( Adjectives ). Mean, intermediate, middle, average, ordinary (82),
neutral.

( Adverb Phrases ). On an average; in the long run; half-way;
taking the one with the other; taking all things together; taking all
in all ; one year with another ; co )n?nunibus annis.

80. COMPENSATION (Substantives), equation, indemnification ,

neutralisation , counteraction.
( Phrases ). Measure for measure; tit for tat.
A set- off, offset, makeweight, casting weight, counterpoise ,
-

amends, equivalent , a quid pro quo. See Counteraction (179), Recoil
(277 ), Atonement (952).

( Terta). To compensate, make up for, indemnify, countervail ,
counterpoise, balance, compromise, outbalance, overbalance ,

counterbalance, set off, hedge, redeem, neutralise ( sec 27), cover.
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( J hrascs). To make good ; split the difference; fill up; make
amends.

( Adjectives ). Compensating, compensatory, countervailing, etc.,
equipollent (27).
( Phrase ). In the opposite scalo.