| Meaning | Something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury). |
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| Narrower | blood money | compensation paid to the family of a murdered person |
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| counterbalance, offset | A compensating equivalent |
| damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress | A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury |
| emolument | compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees) |
| overcompensation | excessive compensation |
| reimbursement | compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc. |
| reparation | (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors |
| reparation | compensation (given or received) for an insult / insult or injury |
| workmen's compensation | compensation for death or injury suffered by a worker in the course of his employment |
| Broader | recompense | Payment or reward (as for service rendered) |
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| Spanish | compensación, indemnización |
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| Catalan | indemnització |
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| Verbs | compensate | make payment to |
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| compensate | make amends for |
| compensate | do or give something to somebody in return |
| compensate | make reparations or amends for |
