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Synonyms for compensation
ˌkɒm pənˈseɪ ʃəncom·pen·sa·tion

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English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. compensationnoun

    An allowance is a stipulated amount furnished at regular intervals as a matter of discretion or gratuity, as of food to besieged soldiers, or of money to a child or ward. Compensation is a comprehensive word signifying a return for a service done. Remuneration is applied to matters of great amount or importance. Recompense is a still wider and loftier word, with less suggestion of calculation and market value; there are services for which affection and gratitude are the sole and sufficient recompense; earnings, fees, hire, pay, salary, and wages are forms of compensation and may be included in compensation, remuneration, or recompense. Pay is commercial and strictly signifies an exact pecuniary equivalent for a thing or service, except when the contrary is expressly stated, as when we speak of "high pay" or "poor pay." Wages denotes what a worker receives. Earnings is often used as exactly equivalent to wages, but may be used with reference to the real value of work done or service rendered, and even applied to inanimate things; as, the earnings of capital. Hire is distinctly mercenary or menial, but as a noun has gone out of popular use, tho the verb to hire is common. Salary is for literary or professional work, wages for handicraft or other comparatively inferior service; a salary is regarded as more permanent than wages; an editor receives a salary, a compositor receives wages. Stipend has become exclusively a literary word. A fee is given for a single service or privilege, and is sometimes in the nature of a gratuity. Compare REQUITE.

    Synonyms:
    allowance, earnings, fee, hire, honorarium, pay, payment, recompense, remuneration, requital, salary, stipend, wages

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 1 vote

  1. compensation

    Synonyms:
    remuneration, equivalent, wages, pay, allowance, restoration, restitution, satisfaction, atonement, expiation, indemnification, amercement, damages

    Antonyms:
    deprivation, injury, nonpayment, gratuity, donation, fraudulence, damage

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 1 vote

  1. compensationnoun

    something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)

    Synonyms:
    recompense

  2. compensationnoun

    (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors

    Synonyms:
    recompense

  3. recompense, compensationnoun

    the act of compensating for service or loss or injury

    Synonyms:
    recompense

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. compensationnoun

    Synonyms:
    recompense, remuneration, reward

  2. compensationnoun

    Synonyms:
    requital, satisfaction, indemnity, indemnification, reparation, amends

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How to use compensation in a sentence?

  1. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt:

    The state of Kansas City can't give me back the 23 years it took from me, but it can pass this compensation law so I can start my path to a successful future.

  2. Scott Gilbert:

    First, Amir would like, insofar as possible, to obtain some justice with regards to what was done to him, and secondly, we are seeking compensation for him.

  3. Lise Vesterlund:

    The fact that you are spending time on assignments that are not using your unique skills means you aren't really reaching your potential... it can hurt your compensation, hurt your promotion and certainly does not give you any leverage when you try to negotiate.

  4. Victor Khanayev:

    It is impossible for rural people and even the district town's residents to refuse local produce from the land and their garden, especially with the official monetary compensation being so small.

  5. Bishwa Prakash Subedi:

    The recent changes of government and of management of the country's National Reconstruction Authority are partly to blame for the delay in compensation.


Translations for compensation

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  • تعويArabic
  • обезщетение, компенсация, уравняванеBulgarian
  • compensacióCatalan, Valencian
  • Abfindung, Ausgleich, Kompensierung, Ausgleichzahlung, Ersatz, Entlohnung, Wiedergutmachung, KompensationGerman
  • αμοιβή, συμψηφισμός, αντιστάθμιση, αποζημίωσηGreek
  • compensaciónSpanish
  • hüvitisEstonian
  • hyvitys, vastike, korvaus, palkkio, palkka, kauppahinta, kuittaus, kompensaatioFinnish
  • émolument, compensation, contrepartie, indemnisation, dédommagementFrench
  • नुकसान भरपाईHindi
  • kárpótlásHungarian
  • kompensasiIndonesian
  • compensazioneItalian
  • פיצויHebrew
  • compensatieDutch
  • compensaçãoPortuguese
  • compensație, compensareRomanian
  • возмещение, уравнивание, компенсацияRussian
  • obeštećenjeSerbo-Croatian
  • ödence, tazminat, telafiTurkish

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