compensation

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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noun ~ (for sth)
1 [U, C] something, especially money, that sb gives you because they have hurt you, or damaged sth that you own; the act of giving this to sb: to claim / award / receive compensation + to pay compensation for injuries at work + to receive £10 000 in compensation. + Compensation has cost the company a lot of money. + She received a cash sum by way of compensation.
2 [C, usually pl.] things that make a bad situation better: I wish I were young again, but getting older has its compensations.

Collocation dictionary

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ADJ.

full | partial, small | adequate, appropriate, sufficient | financial, monetary

QUANT.

amount

VERB + COMPENSATION

award (sb), give (sb), grant (sb), offer (sb), pay (sb), provide (sb with) | accept, gain, get, obtain, receive

She got some compensation for damages.

| deny sb, refuse sb | claim, demand, fight for, seek | be eligible for, be entitled to

COMPENSATION + VERB

be payable

If the government is proved negligent, compensation will be payable.

COMPENSATION + NOUN

claim | fund | order | payment | scheme

PREP.

as ~ (for)

She received £7,000 as compensation for her injuries.

| in ~ (for)

They will have to pay £5,000 in compensation.

| ~ for

The money was small compensation for unfair dismissal.

| ~ from

compensation from the government

| ~ to

compensation to Mrs Parker

PHRASES

compensation in money

Concise English dictionary

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compensations‚kɒmpen'seɪʃn
noun
+something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
+(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
+the act of compensating for service or loss or injury