compensation
nounUK /ˌkɒm.pənˈseɪ.ʃən/ · US /ˌkɑm.pənˈseɪ.ʃən/
Etymology From Middle English compensacioun, from Old French compensacion, from Latin compensātiōnem, accusative singular of compensātiō. Equivalent to compensate + -ion.
7 senses
- 1The act or principle of compensating.
- 2Something which is regarded as an equivalent; something…
- 3The extinction of debts of which two persons are…
- 4A recompense or reward for service.
- 5An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale…
- 6The relationship between air temperature outside a…
- 7The ability of one part of the brain to overfunction in…
The act or principle of compensating.
- Human labor, through all its forms, from the sharpening of a stake to the construction of a city or an epic, is one immense illustration of the perfect compensation of the universe.1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Compensation”, in Essays:
Something which is regarded as an equivalent; something which compensates for loss.
- The parliament which dissolved the monastic foundations […] vouchsafed not a word toward securing the slightest compensation to the dispossessed owners.1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:
- No pecuniary compensation can possibly reward them.1796, Edmund Burke, A Letter from the Right Honourable Edmund Burke to a Noble Lord, on the Attacks Made upon Him and His Pension, […], London: […] J. Owen, […], and F[rancis] and C[harles] Rivington, […], →OCLC:
A recompense or reward for service.
Business, Real estate 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.
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.
Medicine, Neuroscience, Sciences The ability of one part of the brain to overfunction in order to take over the function of a damaged part (e.g. following a stroke).
- Synonyms
- amends, acquittal, assyth, bote, compensation, indemnification, indemnity, mends, quittal, recompensation, recompense, redress, relief, remuneration, reparation, requital, requite, restitution, satisfaction
- Antonyms
- noncompensation, penalty
- Derived terms
26 terms
anticompensation, autocompensation, compensational, compensationary, compensation balance, compensation culture, compensation neurosis, compensation pendulum, compensation trade, decompensation, dosage compensation, hypercompensation, just compensation, malcompensation, neurocompensation, noncompensation, overcompensation, precompensation, recompensation, supercompensation, time-gain compensation, undercompensation, worker's compensation, workers' compensation, workman's compensation, workmen's compensation- Related terms
- compensate, atonement, reward
- Hypernyms
- action, money, payment, reimbursement
- Hyponyms
25 terms
autocompensation, blood money, conscience money, eric, just compensation, launegild, hadbot, magbote, manbote, microreparations, octogild, orfgild, overcompensation, precompensation, severance pay, solatium, war reparations, wer, wergeld, workman's compensation, workmen's compensation, worker's compensation, workers' compensation, malcompensation, undercompensation