C1verb
pallier
to make up for, to offset
« Des bénévoles tentent de pallier le manque de personnel. »
“Volunteers are trying to make up for the shortage of staff.”
In other languages
- Spanish paliar, suplir
- Portuguese paliar, suprir
- German abfedern, ausgleichen
- Italian tamponare, compensare
- Arabic يتدارك، يعوّض
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