See Also: Compensation(medicine)
Compensation(finance)
Fee-only compensation(money)
Fee only compensation(finance)
Compensation(money)
Compensation(health)
compensation(dictionary)
compensation(dictionary)
Compensation:(law)
Compensation(law)

compensation (oh)



[U] money paid to someone because they have suffered injury or loss, or because something they own has been damaged
compensation for
::compensation for injuries at work
compensation from
::She received compensation from the government for the damage caused to her property.
in compensation
::The jury awarded Tyler $1.7 million in compensation.
as compensation
::The workers were given 30 days' pay as compensation.
::People who are wrongly arrested may be paid compensation .
demand/seek/claim compensation
::The parents are seeking compensation for birth defects caused by the drug.
award/grant compensation
::The court awarded Jamieson ¡ê30,000 compensation.
[U and C] something that makes a bad situation better
::One of the few compensations of losing my job was seeing more of my family.
by way of compensation
(=in order to make a situation better)
::By way of compensation he offered to take her out for a meal.
[U and C] when someone behaves in a particular way in order to replace something that is missing or to balance the bad effects of something
compensation for
::Linda's aggressiveness is just a compensation for her feelings of insecurity.
as compensation (for sth)
::Lip-reading can act as compensation for loss of hearing.
[U] AmE the money someone is paid for doing their job