Definição de 'compensation'

Frequência da palavra

compensation

(kɒmpənseɪʃən )

Formas da palavra:plural compensations

1. substantivo incontável

Compensation is money that someone who has experienced loss or suffering claims from the person or organization responsible, or from the state.

He received one year's salary as compensation for loss of office. [+ for]

There should be compensation for British farmers hit by the slump in demand.

The court ordered him to pay £300 compensation.

Sinônimos:reparation, damages, payment, recompense Mais sinônimos de compensation

2. substantivo variável

If something is some compensation for something bad that has happened, it makes you feel better.

Helen gained some compensation for her earlier defeat by winning the final open class. [+ for]

There are compensations in moving to the north-east where the quality of life is excellent.

The toy glider she left him as a Christmas present was no compensation for her absence.

Sinônimos:recompense, amends, reparation, restitution Mais sinônimos de compensation

Video: pronunciation of 'compensation'

Frequência da palavra

compensation in American

(ˌkɑmpənˈseɪʃən ; kämˌpənsāˈshən)

substantivo

a compensating or being compensated

anything given as an equivalent, or to make amends for a loss, damage, unemployment, etc.; recompense

payment for services; esp., wages or remuneration

3. Biology

the counterbalancing of a defect in the structure or function of a part by greater activity in or development of one or more other parts

4. Psychology

a mechanism by which an individual seeks to make up for a real or imagined psychological defect by developing or exaggerating a psychological strength

Formas derivadas

compensational (ˌcompenˈsational)

adjectivo

Origem da palavra compensation

ME compensacioun < L compensatio

Frequência da palavra

compensation in British

(ˌkɒmpɛnˈseɪʃən )

substantivo

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

5. biology

abnormal growth and increase in size in one organ in response to the removal or inactivation of another

Formas derivadas

compensational (ˌcompenˈsational)

adjectivo

Frequência da palavra

compensation in Accounting

(kɒmpənseɪʃən)

substantivo

(Accounting: Basic)

Compensation is money that someone who has experienced inconvenience, loss, or suffering claims from the person or organization responsible, or from the state.

He has to pay $6,960 compensation for the damage he caused.

The basic award is calculated in the same way as redundancy compensation on each full year of service in various brackets.

Compensation is money that someone who has experienced inconvenience, loss, or suffering claims from the person or organization responsible, or from the state.

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