Definition of compensation

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

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Extra :: Extra (n.) Something in addition to what is due, expected, or customary; something in addition to the regular charge or compensation, or for which an additional charge is made; as, at European hotels lights are extras..
Satisfactory :: Satisfactory (a.) Making amends, indemnification, or recompense; causing to cease from claims and to rest content; compensating; atoning; as, to make satisfactory compensation, or a satisfactory apology..
Hostess :: Hostess (n.) A woman who entertains guests for compensation; a female innkeeper.
Grant :: Grant (v. t.) To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give..
Pay :: Pay (n.) An equivalent or return for money due, goods purchased, or services performed; salary or wages for work or service; compensation; recompense; payment; hire; as, the pay of a clerk; the pay of a soldier..
Bote :: Bote (n.) Compensation; amends; satisfaction; expiation; as, man bote, a compensation or a man slain..
Restitution :: Restitution (v.) That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroved; compensation..
Board :: Board (n.) To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals..
Compensative :: Compensative (n.) Compensation.
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..
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.
Compensation :: Compensation (n.) 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..
Manbote :: Manbote (n.) A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his man (that is, his vassal, servant, or tenant)..
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.
Factorage :: Factorage (n.) The allowance given to a factor, as a compensation for his services; -- called also a commission..
Consideration :: Consideration (n.) The cause which moves a contracting party to enter into an agreement; the material cause of a contract; the price of a stripulation; compensation; equivalent.
Toll :: Toll (n.) A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.
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..
Indemnity :: Indemnity (n.) Indemnification, compensation, or remuneration for loss, damage, or injury sustained..
Countervail :: Countervail (n.) Power or value sufficient to obviate any effect; equal weight, strength, or value; equivalent; compensation; requital..
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