Definition of compensation

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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.

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Octogild :: Octogild (n.) A pecuniary compensation for an injury, of eight times the value of the thing..
Pittance :: Pittance (n.) A meager portion, quantity, or allowance; an inconsiderable salary or compensation..
Reward :: Reward (n.) Compensation or remuneration for services; a sum of money paid or taken for doing, or forbearing to do, some act..
Compensative :: Compensative (a.) Affording compensation.
Board :: Board (v. i.) To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel..
Full :: Full (Compar.) Abundantly furnished or provided; sufficient in. quantity, quality, or degree; copious; plenteous; ample; adequate; as, a full meal; a full supply; a full voice; a full compensation; a house full of furniture..
For :: For (prep.) Indicating that on place of or instead of which anything acts or serves, or that to which a substitute, an equivalent, a compensation, or the like, is offered or made; instead of, or place of..
Geld :: Geld (n.) Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.
Satisfy :: Satisfy (a.) To answer or discharge, as a claim, debt, legal demand, or the like; to give compensation for; to pay off; to requite; as, to satisfy a claim or an execution..
Grant :: Grant (v. t.) To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give..
Lend :: Lend (v. t.) To let for hire or compensation; as, to lend a horse or gig..
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..
Recompense :: Recompense (n.) An equivalent returned for anything done, suffered, or given; compensation; requital; suitable return..
Compensation :: Compensation (n.) The act or principle of compensating.
Pilotage :: Pilotage (n.) The compensation made or allowed to a pilot.
Deceit :: Deceit (n.) Any trick, collusion, contrivance, false representation, or underhand practice, used to defraud another. When injury is thereby effected, an action of deceit, as it called, lies for 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..
Gift :: Gift (v. t.) Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.
Breakage :: Breakage (n.) An allowance or compensation for things broken accidentally, as in transportation or use..
Satisfaction :: Satisfaction (n.) Settlement of a claim, due, or demand; payment; indemnification; adequate compensation..
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