mindmap root((支付)) pay implies the discharge of an obligation incurred: we ~ taxes in exchange for government services. (incur招致，带来，强调相应责任stresses responsibility for what is incurred, 如the government had also incurred huge debts政府已负债累累) compensate implies a counterbalancing of services rendered or help given: an attorney well ~d for her services. remunerate more clearly suggests a paying for services rendered and may extend to payment that is generous or not contracted for: promised to ~ the searchers handsomely. satisfy implies the paying of what is demanded or required by law: all creditors will be ~ied in full. reimburse implies a return of money that has been expended for another's benefit: the company will ~ the employees for expenses incurred. indemnify implies the promised or actual making good of a loss, injury, or damage suffered through accident, disaster, or warfare: the government cannot ~ the families of military casualties. repay stresses the paying back of an equivalent in kind or amount: ~ a loan. recompense suggests due return in amounts, friendly repayment, or reward: the hotel ~d us with a free bottle of champagne.