ALL meanings of compensation
com·pen·sa·tion
C c - uncountable noun compensation Compensation is money that someone who has experienced loss or suffering claims from the person or organization responsible, or from the state. 3
- variable noun compensation If something is some compensation for something bad that has happened, it makes you feel better. 3
- noun compensation the act or process of making amends for something 3
- noun compensation something given as reparation for loss, injury, etc; indemnity 3
- noun compensation the automatic movements made by the body to maintain balance 3
- noun compensation the attempt to conceal or offset one's shortcomings by the exaggerated exhibition of qualities regarded as desirable 3
- noun compensation abnormal growth and increase in size in one organ in response to the removal or inactivation of another 3
- noun compensation a compensating or being compensated 3
- noun compensation anything given as an equivalent, or to make amends for a loss, damage, unemployment, etc.; recompense 3
- noun compensation payment for services; esp., wages or remuneration 3
- noun compensation the counterbalancing of a defect in the structure or function of a part by greater activity in or development of one or more other parts 3
- noun compensation a mechanism by which an individual seeks to make up for a real or imagined psychological defect by developing or exaggerating a psychological strength 3
- noun compensation Compensation is money that someone who has experienced inconvenience, loss, or suffering claims from the person or organization responsible, or from the state. 3
- noun compensation the act or state of compensating, as by rewarding someone for service or by making up for someone's loss, damage, or injury by giving the injured party an appropriate benefit. 1
- noun compensation the state of being compensated or rewarded in this way. 1
- noun compensation something given or received as an equivalent for services, debt, loss, injury, suffering, lack, etc.; indemnity: The insurance company paid him $2000 as compensation for the loss of his car. 1
- noun compensation Biology. the improvement of any defect by the excessive development or action of another structure or organ of the same structure. 1
- noun compensation Psychology. a mechanism by which an individual attempts to make up for some real or imagined deficiency of personality or behavior by developing or stressing another aspect of the personality or by substituting a different form of behavior. 1
- noun compensation reaction 1
- noun compensation salary, pay 1
- noun compensation offsetting shortcomings 1
- noun compensation Something, typically money, awarded to someone as a recompense for loss, injury, or suffering. 1
- noun compensation The act or principle of compensating. 0
- noun compensation That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation of something else; that which compensates for loss or privation; amends; remuneration; recompense. 0
- noun compensation 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. 0
- noun compensation A recompense or reward for some loss or service. 0
- noun compensation 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. 0
- noun compensation The relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature for provision of air or water to contained rooms or spaces for the purpose of efficient heating. In building control systems the compensation curve is defined to a compensator for this purpose. 0