compensation
pronunciation
How to pronounce compensation in British English:
UK [ˌkɒmpenˈseɪʃn]
How to pronounce compensation in American English:
US [ˌkɑːmpenˈseɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
- the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
Word Origin
- compensation (n.)
- late 14c., "action of compensating," from Latin compensationem (nominative compensatio) "a weighing one thing against another, a balancing," noun of action from past participle stem of compensare (see compensate). Meaning "what is given in recompense" is from c. 1600; meaning "amends for loss or damages" is from 1804; meaning "salary, wages" is attested from 1787, American English. The psychological sense is from 1914.
Synonym
commission consideration payment salary fee pay brokerage reward take honorarium bonus stipend grant allowance earnings income remuneration emolument wages revenue
Example
- 1. It will also improve its overtime compensation policy .
- 2. The family held out for more equitable compensation .
- 3. Just as important is their approach to compensation .
- 4. Bolivia has always promised fair compensation to expropriated firms .
- 5. Fund managers earn a share of profits as compensation , which is treated as capital income for tax purposes .