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   compensation

   /ˌkɒmp(ə)nˈseɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. something, typically money, awarded to someone in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury: "he is seeking compensation for injuries suffered at work"
   • ▪ the action or process of awarding compensation: "the compensation of victims"
   • ▪ something that counterbalances or makes up for an undesirable or unwelcome state of affairs: "the grey streets of London were small compensation for the loss of her beloved Africa"
   • 2. the process of concealing or offsetting a psychological difficulty by developing in another direction.
   • 3. the money received by an employee from an employer as a salary or wages: North American "send your CV and current compensation to Executive Search Consultant"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin compensatio(n-), from the verb compensare ‘weigh against’ (see compensate).

   Derivatives

   • 1. compensational adjective

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   What does uncountable compensation mean?

   • [uncountable, countable] compensation (for something) something, especially money, that somebody gives you because they have hurt you, or damaged something that you own; the act of giving this to somebody The employer has a duty to pay full compensation for injuries received at work. She received a cash sum by way of compensation.

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   What is compensation?

   • Definition of compensation noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [uncountable, countable] compensation (for something) something, especially money, that somebody gives you because they have hurt you, or damaged something that you own; the act of giving this to somebody

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   What does compensation mean in a sentence?

   • Compensation definition: the act or state ofcompensating, 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.. See examples of COMPENSATION used in a sentence.

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   What does compensation mean in biology?

   • the state of being compensated or rewarded in this way. The insurance company paid him $2000 as compensation for the loss of his car. Biology. the improvement of any defect by the excessive development or action of another structure or organ of the same structure.

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   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: indemnification, satisfaction, requital, reparation, amends, payment, recompense.

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   Definitions of compensation. noun. the act of compensating for service, loss, or injury. synonyms: recompense. see more. noun. something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) see more. noun.

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