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com·pen·sa·tion

(kŏm′pən-sā′shən)

1. The act of compensating or the state of being compensated.

2. Something, such as money, given or received as payment or reparation, as for a service or loss.

3. Biology The increase in size or activity of one part of an organism or organ that makes up for the loss or dysfunction of another.

4. Psychology Behavior that develops either consciously or unconsciously to offset a real or imagined deficiency, as in personality or physical ability.

com′pen·sa′tion·al adj.

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compensation

(ˌkɒmpɛnˈseɪʃən)

1. the act or process of making amends for something

2. something given as reparation for loss, injury, etc; indemnity

3. (Physiology) the automatic movements made by the body to maintain balance

4. the attempt to conceal or offset one's shortcomings by the exaggerated exhibition of qualities regarded as desirable

5. (Biology) biology abnormal growth and increase in size in one organ in response to the removal or inactivation of another

ˌcompenˈsational adj

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com•pen•sa•tion

(ˌkɒm pənˈseɪ ʃən)

n.

1. the act of compensating.

2. the state of being compensated.

3. something given or received for services, debt, loss, injury, etc.; indemnity; reparation; payment.

4. Biol. the improvement of any defect by the excessive development or action of another part of the same structure.

5. a psychological mechanism by which an individual attempts to make up for some personal deficiency by developing or stressing another aspect of personality or ability.

[1350–1400; < Latin]

com`pen•sa′tion•al, adj.

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Noun	1.	compensation - something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) recompense - payment or reward (as for service rendered) overcompensation - excessive compensation workmen's compensation - compensation for death or injury suffered by a worker in the course of his employment reimbursement - compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc.; "he received reimbursement for his travel expenses" emolument - compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees); "a clause in the U.S. constitution prevents sitting legislators from receiving emoluments from their own votes" blood money - compensation paid to the family of a murdered person amends, damages, indemnification, redress, restitution, indemnity - a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury offset, counterbalance - a compensating equivalent reparation - (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors; "Germany was unable to pay the reparations demanded after World War I" reparation - compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury; "an act for which there is no reparation"
	2.	compensation - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology - the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense mechanism, defense reaction, defense - (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires overcompensation - (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite
	3.	compensation - the act of compensating for service or loss or injury recompense correction, rectification - the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right indemnification - an act of compensation for actual loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance

compensation

noun

1. reparation, damages, payment, recompense, indemnification, offset, remuneration, indemnity, restitution, reimbursement, requital He received one year's salary as compensation for loss of office.

2. recompense, amends, reparation, restitution, atonement The present she left him was no compensation for her absence.

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compensation

noun

1. Payment for work done:

earnings, emolument, fee, hire, pay, remuneration, salary, stipend, wage.

2. Something given in exchange for goods or services rendered:

consideration, payment, recompense, remuneration.

3. Something to make up for loss or damage:

amends, indemnification, indemnity, offset, quittance, recompense, redress, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, repayment, requital, restitution, satisfaction, setoff.

Translations

تَعْويض

odškodnění

erstatninggodtgørelsekompensation

Entschädigung Ersatz KompensationKompensierungSchadenersatz

αποζημίωση

indemnización compensación

hüvitis

hyvityskompensaatiokorvauskuittauspalkka

compensation indemnité

naknada

bætur

risarcimento abbuono compensazione compenso compromesso

賠償金

보상

compensatie

godtgjørelse kompensasjon erstatning

wynagrodzenie

compensação

компенсация возмещение компенсаторный

odškodnina

kompensation

การชดเชย

tazminat

tiền đền bù

补偿赔偿赔偿金

compensation

[ˌkɒmpənˈseɪʃən]

A. N (= award etc) → compensación f; (for loss, damage) → indemnización f, resarcimiento m; (= reward) → recompensa f
they got £2,000 compensation → recibieron 2.000 libras de indemnización
in compensation (for) → en compensación (por)

B. CPD compensation fund N → fondo m de compensación

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compensation

[ˌkɒmpənˈseɪʃ^ən] n

(financial) → dédommagement m, indemnité f
They got £2000 compensation.; They got £2000 in compensation → Ils ont reçu une indemnité de deux mille livres. compensation award, compensation package, compensation payout

(psychological) → compensation fcompensation award n → dommages mpl et intérêts mplcompensation package n → dommages mpl et intérêts mplcompensation payout n → dommages mpl et intérêts mpl

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compensation

n (= damages) → Entschädigung f; (fig) → Ausgleich m; (Psych) → Kompensation f; he had the compensation of knowing that … → er hatte die Genugtuung zu wissen, dass …; in compensation → als Entschädigung/Ausgleich/Kompensation

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compensation

[ˌkɒmpənˈseɪʃən] n (see vb) → compensazione f, indennità, risarcimento
in compensation (for) → come compenso (per), come indennizzo (per)

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compensate

(ˈkompənseit) verb

1. to give money to (someone) or to do something else to make up for loss or wrong they have experienced. This payment will compensate (her) for the loss of her job.

2. to undo the effect of a disadvantage etc. The love the child received from his grandmother compensated for the cruelty of his parents.

compensatory (kəmˈpensətəri) adjective

ˌcompenˈsation noun

payment etc given for loss or injury. He received a large sum of money as compensation when he was injured at work.

compensation

→ تَعْويض odškodnění kompensation Entschädigung αποζημίωση compensación hyvitys compensation naknada risarcimento 賠償金 보상 compensatie godtgjørelse wynagrodzenie compensação компенсация kompensation การชดเชย tazminat tiền đền bù 赔偿金

com·pen·sa·tion

n. compensación.

1. cualidad de compensar o equilibrar un defecto;

2. mecanismo de defensa;

3. remuneración.

compensation

n (psych, etc.) compensación f

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Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it seemed to me when very young that on this subject life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.

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I am told the government here will make me a compensation for my own and my family's loss, which I think cannot be much less than £3,000 sterling.

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If they would break their own bones, and smash their own carts, and lame their own horses, that would be their own affair, and we might let them alone, but it seems to me that the innocent always suffer; and then they talk about compensation! You can't make compensation; there's all the trouble, and vexation, and loss of time, besides losing a good horse that's like an old friend -- it's nonsense talking of compensation!

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If she refuses, pay her what compensation is right, and so have done with her.

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No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.

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And why should the presents begin immediately after Sholto's death, unless it is that Sholto's heir knows something of the mystery and desires to make compensation? Have you any alternative theory which will meet the facts?"

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The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States.

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Effects of external conditions -- Use and disuse, combined with natural selection; organs of flight and of vision -- Acclimatisation -- Correlation of growth -- Compensation and economy of growth -- False correlations -- Multiple, rudimentary, and lowly organised structures variable -- Parts developed in an unusual manner are highly variable: specific characters more variable than generic: secondary sexual characters variable -- Species of the same genus vary in an analogous manner -- Reversions to long lost characters -- Summary.

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It is there provided that "The President of the United States shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected; and he shall not receive within that period any other emolument from the United States, or any of them." It is impossible to imagine any provision which would have been more eligible than this.

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Adam came quickly to the conclusion that there was for him some compensation that the others did not share; and he soon believed that that compensation was in one form or another the enjoyment of the sufferings of others.

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At the end of the report the general put before him for signature a paper relating to the recovery of payment from army commanders for green oats mown down by the soldiers, when landowners lodged petitions for compensation.

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That river was to be my compensation for the lost freedom of the farming country.