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Meaning of compensation in English

compensation
noun
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/ˌkɒm.penˈseɪ.ʃən/ us
/ˌkɑːm.penˈseɪ.ʃən/

compensation noun (MONEY)

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[ U ]
money that is paid to someone in exchange for something that has been lost or damaged or for some problem:
in compensation for She received £40,000 in compensation for a lost eye.
in compensation We were given five hundred pounds in compensation, which isn't much, but at least it's something.
claim compensation You should claim compensation.
seek compensation He is seeking compensation for wrongful imprisonment.
compensation claim The victims made a compensation claim against the company for damages.
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compensation noun (EXCHANGE)

[ C or U ]
something that makes you feel better when you have suffered something bad:
I have to spend three months of the year away from home - but there are compensations like the chance to meet new people.
Free food was no compensation for a very boring evening.
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Replacing and exchanging
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compensation noun (JOB PAYMENT)

[ U ]
the combination of money and other benefits (= rewards) that an employee receives for doing their job:
annual compensation Annual compensation for our executives includes salary and bonus under our incentive plan.
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compensatory
(Definition of compensation from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

compensation | Business English

compensation
noun [ U ]
uk
/ˌkɒmpənˈseɪʃən/ us
( abbreviation comp)
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the combination of payment and other benefits that an employee receives for doing their job:
Annual compensation for our executives includes salary, bonus, and other benefits.
Poor compensation may be hurting recruiting and retention efforts in nursing schools.
LAW, INSURANCE
money that is paid to someone because they have been hurt, or because something has been lost or damaged:
If you can prove that someone else was to blame for your accident, you will be entitled to compensation.
In a case like this, there is no limit to the compensation that can be awarded.
seek compensation for injury
a compensation claim

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employee compensation
social security compensation
unemployment compensation
(Definition of compensation from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of compensation

compensation
If future generations value nature much more highly, then such compensations will be either unfeasible or inadequate.
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Accordingly, compensations for this group of agents should be such that their utility at an efficient allocation of the common resource equals their stand-alone utility.
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Adding a feasibility constraint for compensations in the two allocations that are compared with each other, this leads to the following definition.
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Without these continual microadjustments and compensations that occur during normal neural ontogeny, more functional impairments and developmental failures might occur than is indeed the case.
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Within the category of mortality risks, random fluctuations constitute a pooling risk, as a larger size helps compensations.
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Entropy-enthalpy compensations are evident that result in relatively small net free energy changes for the ten combinations despite the large range of stacking exothermicities.
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In spite of the problems of widowhood, several people have told me that there are some compensations.
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In modern society there are no economic advantages for the individual in having children, and the personal compensations may be less attractive than they were.
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Furthermore, an unequal redistribution of excess compensations may easily lead to envy.
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The latter criterion is adapted to problems where monetary compensations can be used to facilitate the fair division of the common resource.
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They are basically miscellaneous sums connected with the initiation of schemes and may include legal fees and compensations.
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Artisanal compensations for the substantive loss of quality are at odds with the real economic situation.
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Subsequent chapters describe patterns of self-initiated compensations, and some micro- and macro-interventions aimed at improving the safety of the roads and vehicles for older people.
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Do such compensations differ from those observed in developmental cases?
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Then, as now, poverty had its own desperate compensations.
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Collocations with compensation

compensation

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additional compensation
We have also recognised the need for additional compensation for farmers whose herds are most affected.
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adequate compensation
In the latter case these actions involve a loss in future well-being unless accompanied by adequate compensation in the form of investments in alternative forms of wealth.
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ample compensation
As we noted before, condescension is presented here as the supreme reward, ample compensation for a lifetime of labor.
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Translations of compensation

in Chinese (Traditional)
錢, 賠償金, 補償金…
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钱, 赔偿金, 补偿金…
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indemnización, compensación [feminine]…
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indenização, compensação, indenização [feminine]…
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賠償, 補償金（ほしょうきん）, 埋（う）め合（あ）わせ…
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tazminat, karşılık, bedel…
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dédommagement [masculine], indemnisation [feminine], compensation [feminine]…
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indemnització…
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compensatie…
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odškodnění…
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erstatning, godtgørelse…
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ganti rugi…
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odszkodowanie, rekompensata, wynagrodzenie…
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skadestånd, ersättning…
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pembayaran pampasan…
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die Entschädigung…
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kompensasjon [masculine], erstatning [masculine], fordel [masculine]…
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компенсація, відшкодування…
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risarcimento, indennizzo, indennità…
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