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compensation
[ kom-puhn-sey-shuhn ]
noun
- the act or state of compensating, as by rewarding someone for service or by making up for someone's loss, damage, or injury by giving the injured party an appropriate benefit.
- the state of being compensated or rewarded in this way.
- something given or received as an equivalent for services, debt, loss, injury, suffering, lack, etc.; indemnity:
The insurance company paid him $2000 as compensation for the loss of his car.
Synonyms: , , , , , ,
- Biology. the improvement of any defect by the excessive development or action of another structure or organ of the same structure.
- Psychology. a mechanism by which an individual attempts to make up for some real or imagined deficiency of personality or behavior by developing or stressing another aspect of the personality or by substituting a different form of behavior.
compensation
/ ˌɒɛˈɪʃə /
noun
- the act or process of making amends for something
- something given as reparation for loss, injury, etc; indemnity
- the automatic movements made by the body to maintain balance
- the attempt to conceal or offset one's shortcomings by the exaggerated exhibition of qualities regarded as desirable
- biology abnormal growth and increase in size in one organ in response to the removal or inactivation of another
Derived Forms
- ˌdzˈپDzԲ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- dzp·tDz· adjective
- ԴDzcdz··tDz noun
- cdz··tDz noun
- cdz··tDz adjective
- ܲcdz··tDz noun
- ܲcdz··tDz·al adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of compensation1
Example Sentences
Susan is one of the first to ever receive compensation - the amount is not being disclosed - in a case like this.
Molly's family said they had decided not to take legal action against the tech companies and would "never accept compensation" over Molly's death.
It is some compensation for Jonbon, who finished second, after a shuddering mistake, when odds-on favourite for the Champion Chase at Cheltenham Festival last month.
But the group has not promised money to rebuild what was destroyed or to give compensation for destroyed businesses.
The government has predicted the changes will raise between £14.6bn and £18.3bn a year over five years when compensation for public sector employers is taken into account.
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