compensationnoun
uk/ˌkɒm.penˈseɪ.ʃən/us/ˌkɑːm.penˈseɪ.ʃən/compensation noun (MONEY)
[ U ] money that is paid to someone in exchange for something that has been lost or damaged or for some problem:
She received £40,000 in compensation for a lost eye.
You should claim/seek compensation.
a compensation claim
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- She admitted her company's responsibility for the disaster and went on to explain how compensation would be paid to the victims.
- The small amount of compensation is a further source of grievance to the people forced to leave their homes.
- Going to court to obtain compensation is a long process.
- You'll have to spend a small fortune in legal fees if you decide to sue for compensation.
- We were given five hundred pounds in compensation which isn't much but at least it's something.
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Costs & expenses
- admission
- aliment
- alimony
- asking price
- carrying charge
- charge
- corkage
- cost an arm and a leg/a small fortune idiom
- cost-of-living index
- damage
- dent
- expense
- flat rate
- indirect cost
- maintenance
- price war
- running costs
- settlement
- stoppage
- worth
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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
- alternate
- alternatively
- bargain sth away
- change over
- change places idiom
- fill
- name
- part exchange
- pinch-hit
- pre-empt
- proxy
- rep
- represent
- reserve
- sit
- substitution
- succeed
- succession
- supersede
- supplant
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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 for our executives includes salary and bonus under our incentive plan.
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Earning money
- bank
- base pay
- be quids in idiom
- black money
- blast
- bread
- bread and butter
- breadwinner
- bring sth in
- danger money
- draw
- earn
- fundraiser
- honorarium
- hustle
- income
- money for old rope idiom
- payday
- strike pay
- venal
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compensatory
adjective uk/ˌkɒm.pənˈseɪt.əri/us/kəmˈpen.səˌtɔːri/
mainly US He was awarded $3 million in compensatory damages.