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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Compensated for

Rising asset prices compensated for real income growth.

Is compensated an adjective or a verb in the above sentence (or phrase)?

Does assets rise at the expense of real income growth if they are being compensated for real income growth?
  

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Compensate is a verb. In your context, it means 'counterbalance. Consider this simple example.

— Clive

  • Compensate is a verb.
  • In your context, it means 'counterbalance.
  • Consider this simple example.
  • Tom lost a ring worth $100.
  • Then Tom found a watch worth $100.
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Compensate is a verb. In your context, it means 'counterbalance.

Consider this simple example.
Tom lost a ring worth $100.
Then Tom found a watch worth $100.
The watch that he found
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Thanks for your reply. I've understood it as the corresponding asset-prices rising and the income growth at the same time.
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But do you think one of those two is a good thing and one is a bad thing?
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I think that the asset-price rising is a bad thing, the income growth is a good one in the context.
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OK then, as long as you think that will be clear to your reader..

To me, it depends on whether you own an asset or want to buy one,

Clive
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The income growth will compensate for the rise in the corresponding asset-prices.
OK then, as long as you think that will be clear to your reader.

To me, it depends on whether you own an asset or want to buy one.

Clive
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