- [uncountable, countable] compensation (for something) something, especially money, that somebody gives you because they have hurt you, or damaged something that you own; the act of giving this to somebody
- to claim/award/receive compensation
- The employer has a duty to pay full compensation for injuries received at work.
- in compensation to receive £10 000 in compensation
- She received a cash sum by way of compensation.
Extra Examples- He got some compensation for damages.
- She received £7 000 as compensation for her injuries.
- The money was small compensation for unfair dismissal.
- They will have to pay £5 000 in compensation.
- compensation from the government
- compensation to Mrs Parker
- the rules used for determining compensation
- Compensation has cost the company a lot of money.
- He has made a compensation claim to an industrial tribunal.
- The businesses that had to relocate received £10 000 each in compensation from the local council.
- The court awarded her compensation of £58 000 for unfair dismissal.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full
- partial
- small
- …
- amount
- award (somebody)
- give (somebody)
- grant (somebody)
- …
- be payable
- claim
- committee
- costs
- …
- as compensation (for)
- in compensation (for)
- compensation for
- …
- [uncountable] (especially North American English) money that an employee receives for doing their job
- Send your CV and current compensation to Executive Search Consultant.
- [countable, usually plural, uncountable] compensation (for something) a thing or things that make a bad situation better
- I wish I were young again, but getting older has its compensations.
- The grey streets of London were small compensation for the loss of her beloved Africa.
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin compensatio(n-), from the verb compensare ‘weigh against’, from com- ‘together’ + pensare (frequentative of pendere ‘weigh’).
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