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# compensation

«compensation» in Mova's school dictionary: **money or something else given to someone to make up for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (compensation, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Compensation is money or something else given to someone to make up for loss, injury or damage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compensation/#m1)

2) Compensation is something that makes a bad thing feel better: «The only compensation was the ice cream». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compensation/#m2)

3) (formal) Compensation is the pay and benefits for a job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compensation/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and news, airlines pay compensation for late flights, and courts order compensation for injuries. In stories, a small good thing is a «compensation» for a big disappointment. Phrases: pay compensation, in compensation, as compensation.

### examples

- The airline paid us compensation for the delay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compensation/#x1)
- She got compensation after the accident. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compensation/#x2)
- The only compensation for the rain was a cosy film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compensation/#x3)
- As compensation, the shop gave us a free toy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compensation/#x4)
- The farmer asked for compensation for his damaged crops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compensation/#x5)
- Workers want fair compensation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compensation/#x6)
- But what compensation did he get for having been imprisoned a whole year, and shut out from all communication with his fellow creatures? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compensation/#x7)

### note

Uncountable. Verb «compensate» (for something). In maths problems compensation is money paid, often added to a total.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «compensation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compensation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.