compensation

compensation
com|pen|sa|tion
W3 [ˌkɔmpənˈseıʃən US ˌka:m-] n
1.) [U]
money paid to someone because they have suffered injury or loss, or because something they own has been damaged
compensation for
▪ compensation for injuries at work
compensation from
▪ She received compensation from the government for the damage caused to her property.
in compensation
▪ The jury awarded Tyler $1.7 million in compensation.
as compensation
▪ The workers were given 30 days' pay as compensation.
▪ People who are wrongly arrested may be paid compensation .
demand/seek/claim compensation
▪ The parents are seeking compensation for birth defects caused by the drug.
award/grant compensation
▪ The court awarded Jamieson £30,000 compensation.
2.) [U and C]
something that makes a bad situation better
▪ One of the few compensations of losing my job was seeing more of my family.
by way of compensation
(=in order to make a situation better)
▪ By way of compensation he offered to take her out for a meal.
3.) [U and C]
when someone behaves in a particular way in order to replace something that is missing or to balance the bad effects of something
compensation for
▪ Linda's aggressiveness is just a compensation for her feelings of insecurity.
as compensation (for sth)
▪ Lip-reading can act as compensation for loss of hearing.
4.) [U] AmE
the money someone is paid for doing their job

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  • Compensation — • Denotes the price paid for human exertion or labour Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Compensation     Compensation     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • compensation — COMPENSATION. s. f. Estimation par laquelle on compense une chose avec une autre. Juste compensation. Compensation équitable. Faire compensation. Compensation de dépens. Il eut tant par compensation. C est une maxime de Droit, que compensation n… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

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  • Compensation — Com pen*sa tion, n. [L. compensatio a weighing, a balancing of accounts.] 1. The act or principle of compensating. Emerson. [1913 Webster] 2. That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Compensation — (v. lat. Compensatio, Abrechnung), 1) Zahlung einer Schuld durch Abrechnung einer Gegenforderung an den Gläubiger. Sie wird häufig als Einrede gegen die Klage des Gläubigers geltend gemacht, daher Exceptio compensationis. Erfordert wird, daß… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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