Definition of compensation

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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..

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Indemnity :: Indemnity (n.) Indemnification, compensation, or remuneration for loss, damage, or injury sustained..
Payment :: Payment (n.) The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation..
Weregild :: Weregild (n.) The price of a man's head; a compensation paid of a man killed, partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the lord of a vassal, and partly to the next of kin. It was paid by the murderer..
Compensation :: Compensation (n.) A recompense or reward for some loss or service.
Hire :: Hire (n.) To grant the temporary use of, for compensation; to engage to give the service of, for a price; to let; to lease; -- now usually with out, and often reflexively; as, he has hired out his horse, or his time..
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..
Grant :: Grant (v. t.) To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give..
Schooling :: Schooling (n.) Compensation for instruction; price or reward paid to an instructor for teaching pupils.
Toll :: Toll (n.) A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.
Compensative :: Compensative (n.) Compensation.
Fee :: Fee (n.) Reward or compensation for services rendered or to be rendered; especially, payment for professional services, of optional amount, or fixed by custom or laws; charge; pay; perquisite; as, the fees of lawyers and physicians; the fees of office; clerk's fees; sheriff's fees; marriage fees, etc..
Amends :: Amends (n. sing. & pl.) Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.
Manbote :: Manbote (n.) A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his man (that is, his vassal, servant, or tenant)..
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 place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable..
Stipend :: Stipend (n.) Settled pay or compensation for services, whether paid daily, monthly, or annually..
Atone :: Atone (v. i.) To stand as an equivalent; to make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offense or a crime..
Redress :: Redress (v. t.) To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
Reparation :: Reparation (n.) The act of making amends or giving satisfaction or compensation for a wrong, injury, etc.; also, the thing done or given; amends; satisfaction; indemnity..
Give :: Give (n.) To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow..
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