compensation
noun
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.
compensations
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pluralof compensation.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But all the compensations, all the progress anyway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
Edinburgh Employment Tribunal ruled that PC Jones should be awarded compensations of £24,800 and PC Tunnock should receive £23,824.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2025
Pratt and Whitney, a subsidiary of RTX, booked a $2.48 billion operating loss in the reported quarter related to engine recalls and compensations to airlines.
From Reuters ● Oct. 24, 2023
Naqvi said the compensations would be completed within the next 48 hours and said that authorities have begun to repair the churches.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
For rabbits, winter remains what it was for men in the middle ages—hard, but bearable by the resourceful and not altogether without compensations.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
