compensation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French compensacion, from Latin compensātiōnem, accusative singular of compensātiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɒmpɛnˈseɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

compensation (countable and uncountable, plural compensations)

1. The act or principle of compensating.

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2. Something which is regarded as an equivalent; something which compensates for loss.

   Synonyms: amends, remuneration, recompense

   • 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England

     The parliament which dissolved the monastic foundations […] vouchsafed not a word toward securing the slightest compensation to the dispossessed owners.

   • 1796, Edmund Burke, a letter to a noble lord

     No pecuniary compensation can possibly reward them.

3. 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.

   Synonym: set-off

4. A recompense or reward for service.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. (neuroscience) 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).

   Coordinate term: degeneracy

Synonyms

• (act of compensating): restitution
• (recompense or reward): restitution

Derived terms

• anticompensation
• compensational
• compensation culture
• decompensation
• hypercompensation
• just compensation
• overcompensation
• precompensation
• recompensation
• supercompensation
• workers' compensation

 

Related terms

• compensate

Translations

act or principle of compensating

• Bulgarian: обезщетение (bg) n (obezštetenie)
• Catalan: compensació f
• Dutch: compensatie (nl) f
• Finnish: kompensaatio (fi), korvaus (fi), hyvitys (fi), palkka (fi), vastike (fi)
• French: compensation (fr) f
• Georgian: ანაზღაურება (anazɣaureba), კომპენსაცია (ḳomṗensacia), დაჯილდოება (daǯildoeba)
• German: Abfindung (de) f, Kompensation (de) f
• Greek: αποζημίωση (el) f (apozimíosi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kompensasjon m

  Nynorsk: kompensasjon m

• Portuguese: compensação (pt) f
• Romanian: compensare (ro) f
• Russian: компенса́ция (ru) f (kompensácija), возмеще́ние (ru) n (vozmeščénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: obeštećenje n
• Tagalog: pagbibigaypala, himawis
• Turkish: telafi (tr)
• Westrobothnian: villgoning f

that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent

• Bulgarian: компенсация (bg) f (kompensacija), уравняване n (uravnjavane)
• Catalan: compensació f
• Dutch: compensatie (nl) f
• Egyptian: (ḏbꜣw m)
• Finnish: kompensaatio (fi), vastike (fi)
• French: compensation (fr) f
• German: Kompensation (de) f, Ausgleich (de) m, Ersatz (de) m

• Greek: αντιστάθμιση (el) f (antistáthmisi)
• Maori: moni whakaea, utu whakaea
• Polish: rekompensata (pl) f
• Romanian: compensație (ro) f
• Spanish: contrapartida (es)
• Tagalog: bigaypala
• Telugu: నష్టపరిహారము (naṣṭaparihāramu)
• Westrobothnian: villgoning f

extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors

• Bulgarian: уравняване n (uravnjavane)
• Catalan: compensació f
• Dutch: compensatie (nl) f, schuldvergelijking f
• Finnish: kuittaus (fi)
• French: compensation (fr) f

• German: Aufrechnung (de) f
• Greek: συμψηφισμός (el) m (sympsifismós)
• Russian: ура́внивание (ru) n (urávnivanije)
• Tagalog: bigaypala

recompense or reward for service

• Bulgarian: обезщетение (bg) n (obezštetenie)
• Dutch: compensatie (nl) f, smartengeld (nl) n
• Estonian: hüvitis
• Finnish: kompensaatio (fi), korvaus (fi), hyvitys (fi), palkkio (fi)
• French: dédommagement (fr) m, émolument (fr) m, indemnisation (fr) f
• Georgian: კომპენსაცია (ḳomṗensacia), ზარალის ანაზღაურება (zaralis anazɣaureba)
• German: Kompensation (de) f, Entlohnung (de) f, Kompensierung f

• Greek: αποζημίωση (el) f (apozimíosi), αμοιβή (el) f (amoiví) (for service)

  Ancient: ἄποινα n pl (ápoina)

• Hungarian: kárpótlás (hu)
• Maori: moni whakaea, utu whakaea
• Swedish: ersättning (sv) c
• Tagalog: bigaypala
• Turkish: tazminat (tr), ödence (tr)

equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate

• Bulgarian: компенсация (bg) f (kompensacija)
• Dutch: Compensatie f
• Finnish: kauppahinta
• French: compensation (fr) f, contrepartie (fr) f

• German: Kompensierung f, Wiedergutmachung (de) f
• Greek: αποζημίωση (el) f (apozimíosi)
• Romanian: compensație (ro) f

relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature

• German: Ausgleich (de) m
• Greek: αντιστάθμιση (el) f (antistáthmisi)

• Romanian: compensare (ro) f

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Translations to be checked

• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} פיצוי‎ m (pitzui) (for loss or lack of something else); ^{(please verify)} תגמול‎ m (tagmul) (for work or service)

Anagrams

• camponotines, companion set

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin compensatio, compensationem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

compensation f (plural compensations)

1. compensation

Related terms

• compenser