compensation

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkɒm.pənˈseɪ.ʃən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkɒm.pɛnˈseɪ.ʃən/
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• General-American, dialectal: /ˌkɑm.pənˈseɪ.ʃən/ of Canada
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• General-American, dialectal: /ˌkɑm.pɛnˈseɪ.ʃən/ of Canada
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• Australian: /ˌkɔm.penˈsæɪ.ʃən/
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• New-Zealand: /ˌkɒm.penˈsæɪ.ʃən/
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• New-Zealand: [ˌkɔ̟m.penˈsæɪ.ʃən]
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• rhymes with -æɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA2 M P AH0 N S EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English compensacioun, from Old French compensacion, from Latin compensātiōnem, accusative singular of compensātiō. Equivalent to compensate + -ion.

134 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: кампенса́цыя (kampjensácyja) — act or principle of compensating
• Bulgarian: обезщетение (obezštetenie) — act or principle of compensating
• Catalan: compensació — act or principle of compensating
• Dutch: compensatie — act or principle of compensating
• Finnish: kompensaatio — act or principle of compensating
• Finnish: korvaus — act or principle of compensating
• Finnish: hyvitys — act or principle of compensating
• Finnish: palkka — act or principle of compensating
• Finnish: vastike — act or principle of compensating
• French: compensation — act or principle of compensating
• Georgian: ანაზღაურება (anazɣaureba) — act or principle of compensating
• Georgian: კომპენსაცია (ḳomṗensacia) — act or principle of compensating
• Georgian: დაჯილდოება (daǯildoeba) — act or principle of compensating
• German: Abfindung — act or principle of compensating
• German: Kompensation — act or principle of compensating
• Greek: αποζημίωση (apozimíosi) — act or principle of compensating
• Hebrew: פיצוי (pitsúy) — act or principle of compensating
• Hebrew: תשלום (tashlúm) — act or principle of compensating
• Hebrew: שיפוי (shipúy) — act or principle of compensating
• Hebrew: תגמול (tagmúl) — act or principle of compensating
• Hindi: प्रतिकर (pratikar) — act or principle of compensating
• Hindi: क्षतिपूर्ति (kṣatipūrti) — act or principle of compensating
• Italian: compensazione — act or principle of compensating
• Kazakh: өтем (ötem) — act or principle of compensating
• Kazakh: өтемақы (ötemaqy) — act or principle of compensating
• Kazakh: қарымақы (qarymaqy) — act or principle of compensating
• Macedonian: обесштету́вање (obesštetúvanje) — act or principle of compensating
• Macedonian: о́тштета (ótšteta) — act or principle of compensating
• Norwegian Bokmål: kompensasjon — act or principle of compensating
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kompensasjon — act or principle of compensating
• Polish: kompensacja — act or principle of compensating
• Portuguese: compensação — act or principle of compensating
• Romanian: compensare — act or principle of compensating
• Russian: компенса́ция (kompensácija) — act or principle of compensating
• Russian: возмеще́ние (vozmeščénije) — act or principle of compensating
• Serbo-Croatian: обештећење — act or principle of compensating
• Serbo-Croatian: obeštećenje — act or principle of compensating
• Tagalog: pagbibigaypala — act or principle of compensating
• Tagalog: himawis — act or principle of compensating
• Turkish: telafi — act or principle of compensating
• Ottoman Turkish: تعویض (taʼviz) — act or principle of compensating
• Ukrainian: компенса́ція (kompensácija) — act or principle of compensating
• Bulgarian: компенсация (kompensacija) — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Bulgarian: уравняване (uravnjavane) — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Catalan: compensació — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Dutch: compensatie — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Egyptian: DbA-b-w-Y1:Z2 (ḏbꜣw) — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Finnish: kompensaatio — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Finnish: vastike — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• French: compensation — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• German: Kompensation — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• German: Ausgleich — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• German: Ersatz — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Greek: αντιστάθμιση (antistáthmisi) — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Hebrew: פיצוי (pitsúy) — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Hebrew: תמורה (tmurá) — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Indonesian: ganti rugi — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Indonesian: kompensasi — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Indonesian: pampasan — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Indonesian: ganti untung — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Italian: remunerazione — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Italian: paga — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Italian: retribuzione — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Italian: compenso — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Italian: indennizzo — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Italian: contributo — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Italian: risarcimento — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Macedonian: на́домест (nádomest) — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Malayalam: നഷ്ടപരിഹാരം (naṣṭaparihāraṁ) — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Māori: moni whakaea — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Māori: utu whakaea — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Polish: rekompensata — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Romanian: compensație — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Spanish: contrapartida — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Tagalog: bigaypala — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Telugu: నష్టపరిహారము (naṣṭaparihāramu) — that which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent
• Bulgarian: уравняване (uravnjavane) — extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors
• Catalan: compensació — extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors
• Dutch: compensatie — extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors
• Dutch: schuldvergelijking — extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors
• Finnish: kuittaus — extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors
• French: compensation — extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors
• German: Aufrechnung — extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors
• Greek: συμψηφισμός (sympsifismós) — extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors
• Hebrew: קיזוז (kizúz) — extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors
• Italian: corrispettivo — extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors
• Macedonian: надо́месток (nadómestok) — extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors
• Polish: kompensacja — extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors
• Russian: ура́внивание (urávnivanije) — extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors
• Tagalog: bigaypala — extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors
• Bulgarian: обезщетение (obezštetenie) — recompense or reward for service
• Dutch: compensatie — recompense or reward for service
• Dutch: smartengeld — recompense or reward for service
• Estonian: hüvitis — recompense or reward for service
• Finnish: kompensaatio — recompense or reward for service
• Finnish: korvaus — recompense or reward for service
• Finnish: hyvitys — recompense or reward for service
• Finnish: palkkio — recompense or reward for service
• French: dédommagement — recompense or reward for service
• French: émolument — recompense or reward for service
• French: indemnisation — recompense or reward for service
• Georgian: კომპენსაცია (ḳomṗensacia) — recompense or reward for service
• Georgian: ზარალის ანაზღაურება (zaralis anazɣaureba) — recompense or reward for service
• German: Kompensation — recompense or reward for service
• German: Entlohnung — recompense or reward for service
• German: Kompensierung — recompense or reward for service
• Greek: αποζημίωση (apozimíosi) — recompense or reward for service
• Greek: αμοιβή (amoiví) — recompense or reward for service
• Ancient Greek: ἄποινα (ápoina) — recompense or reward for service
• Hebrew: תשלום (tashlúm) — recompense or reward for service
• Hebrew: תמורה (tmurá) — recompense or reward for service
• Hungarian: kárpótlás — recompense or reward for service
• Italian: ricompensa — recompense or reward for service
• Māori: moni whakaea — recompense or reward for service
• Māori: utu whakaea — recompense or reward for service
• Swedish: ersättning — recompense or reward for service
• Tagalog: bigaypala — recompense or reward for service
• Turkish: tazminat — recompense or reward for service
• Turkish: ödence — recompense or reward for service
• Bulgarian: компенсация (kompensacija) — equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate
• Dutch: Compensatie — equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate
• Finnish: kauppahinta — equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate
• French: compensation — equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate
• French: contrepartie — equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate
• German: Kompensierung — equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate
• German: Wiedergutmachung — equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate
• Greek: αποζημίωση (apozimíosi) — equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate
• Italian: contropartita — equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate
• Romanian: compensație — equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate
• Finnish: kompensointi — relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature
• German: Ausgleich — relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature
• Greek: αντιστάθμιση (antistáthmisi) — relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature
• Italian: compensazione — relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature
• Romanian: compensare — relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature