compensation

B2 Topic:Money & Finance

US /ˌkɑm.pənˈseɪ.ʃən/ UK /ˌkɒm.pənˈseɪ.ʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #8254

Meanings

1

noun
Money given to someone for loss, injury, or harm they have suffered.

She received compensation after the accident at work.
2

noun
The act of making up for a loss, or something that does so.

The fine weather was some compensation for a disappointing trip.
3

noun
Pay or reward given for work or services.

His compensation package includes a salary and yearly bonus.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · money given to someone for... amends recompense restitution

2 noun · the act of making up for a... recompense remuneration

3 noun · pay or reward given for... recompense

More acquittalassythboteindemnification indemnity mendsquittalrecompensation redress relief

Opposites

noncompensation penalty

Word family

Forms compensations

Derived forms anticompensationautocompensationcompensationalcompensationarydecompensationhypercompensationmalcompensationneurocompensationnoncompensationovercompensationprecompensationrecompensation

Related forms atonement compensate reward

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Phrases (1)

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unemployment compensation
payments provided to eligible people who have lost their jobs

Noun + noun

Simplified etymology

Compensation entered English in late Middle English and belongs to the word family derived from Latin pendere. It expresses the idea of something that “weighs against” something that has happened.

Etymology

From Middle English compensacioun, from Old French compensacion, from Latin compensātiōnem, accusative singular of compensātiō. Equivalent to compensate + -ion.

compensacioun Middle English compensacion Old French compensātiōnem Latin

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Topics

Money & Finance

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# compensation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌkɑm.pənˈseɪ.ʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌkɒm.pənˈseɪ.ʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 8254

## Meanings
1. Money given to someone for loss, injury, or harm they have suffered.
2. The act of making up for a loss, or something that does so.
3. Pay or reward given for work or services.

## Examples
- She received compensation after the accident at work.
- The fine weather was some compensation for a disappointing trip.
- His compensation package includes a salary and yearly bonus.

## Synonyms
- acquittal
- amends
- assyth
- bote
- indemnification
- indemnity
- mends
- quittal
- recompensation
- recompense
- redress
- relief

## Antonyms
- noncompensation
- penalty

## Derived Forms
- anticompensation
- autocompensation
- compensational
- compensationary
- decompensation
- hypercompensation
- malcompensation
- neurocompensation
- noncompensation
- overcompensation
- precompensation
- recompensation

## Related Forms
- atonement
- compensate
- reward

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: compensacioun
- Root: compensacion
- Root: compensātiōnem

## Etymology
From Middle English compensacioun, from Old French compensacion, from Latin compensātiōnem, accusative singular of compensātiō. Equivalent to compensate + -ion.

## AI Etymology
compensation is a noun. It is from Middle English compensacioun, from Old French compensacion, from Latin compensātiōnem, accusative singular of compensātiō. Equivalent to compensate + -ion. Historical forms in the chain include compensacioun (Middle English), compensacion (Old French), and compensātiōnem (Latin). Current senses include money given to someone for loss, injury, or harm they have suffered, the act of making up for a loss, or something that does so, and pay or reward given for work or services. Derived forms include anticompensation, autocompensation, compensational, compensationary, and decompensation. Related words include atonement, compensate, and reward.

## Topics
- Money & Finance

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