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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 Word Forms
- dzp·tDz· adjective
- ԴDzcdz··tDz noun
- cdz··tDz noun
- cdz··tDz adjective
- ܲcdz··tDz noun
- ܲcdz··tDz·al adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of compensation1
Example Sentences
Thomas said he had also "demanded an improved compensation package".
It was later disclosed the firm could face compensation payments of £12.5m.
Families of three teenage boys who were killed by their friend in a car crash have received compensation, solicitors have confirmed.
The company also said compensation payments will be available to those affected, "as a gesture of goodwill and to make amends".
The country's Supreme Court has since directed then president Maithripala Sirisena to pay compensation to the victims of the bombings for "ignoring actionable intelligence" that could have prevented the attacks.
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