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compensation — com·pen·sa·tion /ˌkäm pən sā shən/ n 1: the act of compensating 2 in the civil law of Louisiana: the ending of mutual obligations between two people for money or quantities of fungible things usu. by operation of law but sometimes by an agreement … Law dictionary
compensation — Indemnification; payment of damages; making amends; making whole; giving an equivalent or substitute of equal value. That which is necessary to restore an injured party to his former position. Remuneration for services rendered, whether in salary … Black's law dictionary
compensation — Indemnification; payment of damages; making amends; making whole; giving an equivalent or substitute of equal value. That which is necessary to restore an injured party to his former position. Remuneration for services rendered, whether in salary … Black's law dictionary
receive — verb 1 get/accept sth ADVERB ▪ regularly ▪ automatically ▪ You will automatically receive updates by text message. ▪ currently ▪ They currently receive subsidies from the gov … Collocations dictionary
Compensation of employees — (CE) is a statistical term used in national accounts, balance of payments statistics and sometimes in corporate accounts as well. It refers basically to the total gross (pre tax) wages paid by employers to employees for work done in an accounting … Wikipedia
Compensation — • Denotes the price paid for human exertion or labour Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Compensation Compensation † … Catholic encyclopedia
compensation — Arrangement under which the delivery of goods to a party is paid for by buying back a certain amount of the product from the recipient of the goods. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * compensation com‧pen‧sa‧tion [ˌkɒmpənˈseɪʆn ǁ ˌkɑːm ] noun… … Financial and business terms
compensation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ full ▪ partial, small ▪ adequate, sufficient ▪ appropriate, fair, just … Collocations dictionary
compensation — 01. He received almost half a million dollars in [compensation] after an accident in which the brakes on his new car failed. 02. No success can [compensate] for failure in the family. 03. Fifty dollars should be adequate [compensation] for the… … Grammatical examples in English
Adjusted Compensation Act of 1924 — was a veteran Bonus Bill demanded by World War I veterans who organized groups such as the American Legion (which had also been founded by Theodore Roosevelt, Paris in 1919). As a result, the United States Congress passed the Adjusted… … Wikipedia
