compensation

Borrowed from Old French compensacion, from Latin compensātiōnem, accusative singular of compensātiō.

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɒmpɛnˈseɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

compensation (countable and uncountable, plural compensations)

1. The act or principle of compensating.

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2. Something which is regarded as an equivalent; something which compensates for loss

   Synonyms: amends, remuneration, recompense

   • Hallam

     The parliament which dissolved the monastic foundations […] vouchsafed not a word toward securing the slightest compensation to the dispossessed owners.

   • Burke

     No pecuniary compensation can possibly reward them.

3. The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount; a set-off.
4. A recompense or reward for service.
5. An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation.
6. The relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature for provision of air or water to contained rooms or spaces for the purpose of efficient heating. In building control systems the compensation curve is defined to a compensator for this purpose.

• (act of compensating): restitution
• (recompense or reward): restitution

• compensate

• camponotines, companion set

Borrowed from Latin compensatio, compensationem.

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compensation f (plural compensations)

1. compensation

• compenser