compensation
compensation Lexical Profile
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• noun
Something, typically money, awarded to someone as a recompense for loss, injury, or suffering.
"The airline offered financial compensation to all passengers whose flights were canceled."
The total money and benefits received by an employee from an employer in return for their work; salary or wages.
"The company offers a competitive executive compensation package that includes stock options and healthcare."
Something that counterbalances, offsets, or makes up for an undesirable or unwelcome state of affairs.
"While the winter weather is harsh, the breathtaking mountain scenery is a wonderful compensation."
A psychological or physiological mechanism by which an individual or organ counterbalances a perceived deficiency, weakness, or defect by emphasizing or developing another function or trait.
"In psychology, excessive boastfulness is often viewed as a form of compensation for deep-seated insecurity."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Old French or directly from Latin compensatio ('a weighing together, a counterbalance'), from the verb compensare ('to weigh one thing against another').