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compensation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | recompense |
| Type of | correction, rectification |
| Has types | indemnification |
| Derivation | compensate |
compensation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | defense mechanism, defense reaction, defense, defence reaction, defence, defence mechanism |
| Has types | overcompensation |
| Derivation | compensate |
compensation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | recompense |
| Has types | workmen's compensation, blood money, counterbalance, damages, emolument, indemnification, indemnity, offset, overcompensation, reparation, restitution, amends, redress, reimbursement |
| Derivation | compensate |
Examples of compensation
compensation
It filed suit because it seeks compensation for what it says is its past injury.
From the bloomberg.com
The government made compensation payments to farmers hit by the extreme weather.
From the bloomberg.com
Starting partner compensation at the firm soon became a matter of public record.
From the forbes.com
He says Dow is the only entity the Bhophal victims can look to for compensation.
From the voanews.com
Companies at the time were allowed to deduct all compensation to top executives.
From the businessweek.com
Workers have to be willing to accept flexible pay as part of their compensation.
From the businessweek.com
In the past year, employee compensation as a percentage of GDP has fallen a bit.
From the newsweek.com
The firm is facing growing calls for compensation from users all over the world.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Then Assemblyman Kevin Shelley carried the bill to create the compensation fund.
From the sacbee.com
- Something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
- Recompense: the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
- (compensate) adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
- (compensate) make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident"
- (compensate) cover: make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities; "he is compensating for being a bad father"
- In chess, compensation refers to various (typically positional) advantages a player has in exchange for a (typically material) disadvantage. The term normally refers to medium to long-term advantages as opposed to short-term advantages. ...
- In engineering, compensation is planning for side effects or other unintended issues in a design. The design of an invention can itself also be to compensate for some other existing issue or exception.
- Compensation is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson. It appeared in his book Essays, first published 1841. In 1844, Essays: Second Series was published, and subsequent republishings of Essays were renamed Essays: First Series.
