Definition of compensation

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Compensation (n.) The act or principle of compensating.

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Damage :: Damage (n.) The estimated reparation in money for detriment or injury sustained; a compensation, recompense, or satisfaction to one party, for a wrong or injury actually done to him by another..
Redress :: Redress (v. t.) To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
Emolument :: Emolument (n.) The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary..
Hire :: Hire (n.) To procure (any chattel or estate) from another person, for temporary use, for a compensation or equivalent; to purchase the use or enjoyment of for a limited time; as, to hire a farm for a year; to hire money..
Recover :: Recover (v. t.) To gain as a compensation; to obtain in return for injury or debt; as, to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a suit at law; to obtain title to by judgement in a court of law; as, to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery; to gain by legal process; as, to recover judgement against a defendant..
Recoupe :: Recoupe (v. t.) To get an equivalent or compensation for; as, to recoup money lost at the gaming table; to recoup one's losses in the share market..
Broker :: Broker (v. t.) An agent employed to effect bargains and contracts, as a middleman or negotiator, between other persons, for a compensation commonly called brokerage. He takes no possession, as broker, of the subject matter of the negotiation. He generally contracts in the names of those who employ him, and not in his own..
Recompense :: Recompense (n.) An equivalent returned for anything done, suffered, or given; compensation; requital; suitable return..
Compensative :: Compensative (n.) Compensation.
Compensation :: Compensation (n.) That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation of something else; that which compensates for loss or privation; amends; remuneration; recompense..
Board :: Board (n.) To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals..
Recompense :: Recompense (v. t.) To return an equivalent for; to give compensation for; to atone for; to pay for.
Wages :: Wages (n.) A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire. See Wage, n., 2..
Toll :: Toll (n.) A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.
Husbandage :: Husbandage (n.) The commission or compensation allowed to a ship's husband.
Compensation :: Compensation (n.) 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.
Full :: Full (Compar.) Abundantly furnished or provided; sufficient in. quantity, quality, or degree; copious; plenteous; ample; adequate; as, a full meal; a full supply; a full voice; a full compensation; a house full of furniture..
Pilotage :: Pilotage (n.) The compensation made or allowed to a pilot.
Recompensation :: Recompensation (n.) Used to denote a case where a set-off pleaded by the defendant is met by a set-off pleaded by the plaintiff.
Stipendiaries :: Stipendiary (a.) Receiving wages, or salary; performing services for a stated price or compensation..
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