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compensation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˌkɒm.pɛnˈseɪ.ʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˌkɑm.pɛnˈseɪ.ʃən/ (General-American, dialectal) of Canada
[ˌkɔ̟m.penˈsæɪ.ʃən] (New-Zealand)
/ˌkɔm.penˈsæɪ.ʃən/ (Australia)
/ˌkɑm.pənˈseɪ.ʃən/ (General-American, dialectal) of Canada
/ˌkɒm.penˈsæɪ.ʃən/ (New-Zealand)
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/ˌkɒm.pənˈseɪ.ʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English compensacioun, from Old French compensacion, from Latin compensātiōnem, accusative singular of compensātiō. Equivalent to compensate + -ion.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) The act or principle of compensating.
- Human labor, through all its forms, from the sharpening of a stake to the construction of a city or an epic, is one immense illustration of the perfect compensation of the universe. 1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Compensation”, in Essays:
(countable, uncountable) Something which is regarded as an equivalent; something which compensates for loss.
- No pecuniary compensation can possibly reward them. 1796, Edmund Burke, A Letter from the Right Honourable Edmund Burke to a Noble Lord, on the Attacks Made upon Him and His Pension, […], London: […] J. Owen, […], and F[rancis] and C[harles] Rivington, […], →OCLC:
- The parliament which dissolved the monastic foundations […] vouchsafed not a word toward securing the slightest compensation to the dispossessed owners. 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:
(countable, uncountable) 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.
(countable, uncountable) A recompense or reward for service.
(countable, uncountable) 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.
(countable, uncountable) 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.
(countable, uncountable) The ability of one part of the brain to overfunction in order to take over the function of a damaged part (e.g. following a stroke).

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Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
compensations	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (135)

he תגמול (act or principle of compensating) · fi palkka (act or principle of compensating) · uk компенса́ція (act or principle of compensating) · fi palkkio (recompense or reward for service) · ka კომპენსაცია (recompense or reward for service) · fr indemnisation (recompense or reward for service) · el αντιστάθμιση (relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature) · fi korvaus (act or principle of compensating) · bg обезщетение (recompense or reward for service) · hi प्रतिकर (act or principle of compensating) · tl himawis (act or principle of compensating) · ka დაჯილდოება (act or principle of compensating) · bg обезщетение (act or principle of compensating) · he קיזוז (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) · tl bigaypala (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) · fr émolument (recompense or reward for service) · nb kompensasjon (act or principle of compensating) · tl bigaypala (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · fi kompensaatio (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · kk орнын толтыру (act or principle of compensating) · mi utu whakaea (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · it corrispettivo (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) · he תמורה (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · ota تعویض (act or principle of compensating) · bg компенсация (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · it compensazione (act or principle of compensating) · de Kompensation (act or principle of compensating) · hu kárpótlás (recompense or reward for service) · pl kompensacja (act or principle of compensating) · mi moni whakaea (recompense or reward for service) · ml നഷ്ടപരിഹാരം (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · he שיפוי (act or principle of compensating) · ca compensació (act or principle of compensating) · bg компенсация (equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate) · it compensazione (relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature) · nl compensatie (act or principle of compensating) · fr compensation (act or principle of compensating) · id pampasan (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · fi hyvitys (act or principle of compensating) · de Ersatz (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · grc ἄποινα (recompense or reward for service) · de Kompensation (recompense or reward for service) · it indennizzo (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · tr tazminat (recompense or reward for service) · sh обештећење (act or principle of compensating) · el αποζημίωση (act or principle of compensating) · nl schuldvergelijking (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) · id kompensasi (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · hi क्षतिपूर्ति (act or principle of compensating) · el συμψηφισμός (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) · id ganti untung (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · id ganti rugi (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · he תשלום (recompense or reward for service) · it contributo (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · bg уравняване (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) · it ricompensa (recompense or reward for service) · nn kompensasjon (act or principle of compensating) · el αποζημίωση (recompense or reward for service) · ca compensació (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) · el αντιστάθμιση (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · ru ура́внивание (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) · it compenso (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · de Aufrechnung (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) · egy DbA-b-w-Y1:Z2 (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · fi kauppahinta (equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate) · de Kompensierung (equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate) · it risarcimento (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · fi kompensaatio (act or principle of compensating) · pl rekompensata (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · tl pagbibigaypala (act or principle of compensating) · kk өтем (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · de Entlohnung (recompense or reward for service) · te నష్టపరిహారము (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · fi korvaus (recompense or reward for service) · de Ausgleich (relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature) · he פיצוי (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · mi moni whakaea (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · ca compensació (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · fi hyvitys (recompense or reward for service) · mi utu whakaea (recompense or reward for service) · ro compensație (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · ka კომპენსაცია (act or principle of compensating) · ru возмеще́ние (act or principle of compensating) · nl compensatie (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) · pl kompensacja (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) · be кампенса́цыя (act or principle of compensating) · fi kompensaatio (recompense or reward for service) · mk на́домест (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · nl smartengeld (recompense or reward for service) · de Ausgleich (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · it remunerazione (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · he פיצוי (act or principle of compensating) · bg уравняване (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · de Abfindung (act or principle of compensating) · fr compensation (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) · fi kompensointi (relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature) · de Kompensation (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · ka ანაზღაურება (act or principle of compensating) · de Wiedergutmachung (equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate) · mk надо́месток (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) · mk обесштету́вање (act or principle of compensating) · it paga (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · kk өтемақы (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · tr ödence (recompense or reward for service) · he תשלום (act or principle of compensating) · ro compensare (act or principle of compensating) · ka ზარალის ანაზღაურება (recompense or reward for service) · ro compensare (relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature) · ru компенса́ция (act or principle of compensating) · he תמורה (recompense or reward for service) · es contrapartida (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · fr dédommagement (recompense or reward for service) · de Kompensierung (recompense or reward for service) · fr compensation (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · sh obeštećenje (act or principle of compensating) · mk о́тштета (act or principle of compensating) · it contropartita (equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate) · nl compensatie (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · fr contrepartie (equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate) · ro compensație (equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate) · et hüvitis (recompense or reward for service) · fi vastike (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · pt compensação (act or principle of compensating) · nl compensatie (recompense or reward for service) · kk қарымақы (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · el αμοιβή (recompense or reward for service) · it retribuzione (that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent) · fi vastike (act or principle of compensating) · el αποζημίωση (equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate) · nl Compensatie (equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate) · tr telafi (act or principle of compensating) · fr compensation (equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate) · fi kuittaus (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) · tl bigaypala (recompense or reward for service) · sv ersättning (recompense or reward for service)

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