Thesaurus results for MAKE UP (FOR)

make up (for)

verb

as in to offset

to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective the lavish present almost made up for her forgetting his birthday

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The increase is attributed to higher sales volume and acquisitions, partially offset by price deflation in some commodity categories.

Quartz Bot, Quartz, 10 Dec. 2024
Advertisement Jarmond, 45, will be owed the full amount of his remaining contract if he is terminated without cause, though that amount would be offset by compensation received from future employment.

Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024

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