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{
"term": "compensation",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "something, especially money, that somebody gives you because they have hurt you, or damaged something that you own; the act of giving this to somebody",
"sensetop": "compensation (for something)in compensation",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **claim/award/receive compensation**"
},
{
"text": "The employer has a duty to pay full compensation for injuries received at work."
},
{
"text": "to receive £10 000 in compensation",
"contextForm": "in compensation"
},
{
"text": "She received a cash sum by way of compensation."
},
{
"text": "He got some compensation for damages."
},
{
"text": "She received £7 000 as compensation for her injuries."
},
{
"text": "The money was small compensation for unfair dismissal."
},
{
"text": "They will have to pay £5 000 in compensation."
},
{
"text": "compensation from the government"
},
{
"text": "compensation to Mrs Parker"
},
{
"text": "the rules used for determining compensation"
},
{
"text": "Compensation has cost the company a lot of money."
},
{
"text": "He has made a compensation claim to an industrial tribunal."
},
{
"text": "The businesses that had to relocate received £10 000 each in compensation from the local council."
},
{
"text": "The court awarded her compensation of £58 000 for unfair dismissal."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["full", "partial", "small"],
"… of compensation": ["amount"],
"verb + compensation": [
"award (somebody)",
"give (somebody)",
"grant (somebody)"
],
"compensation + verb": ["be payable"],
"compensation + noun": ["claim", "committee", "costs"],
"preposition": [
"as compensation (for)",
"in compensation (for)",
"compensation for"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "money that an employee receives for doing their job",
"labels": "(especially North American English)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Send your CV and current compensation to Executive Search Consultant."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a thing or things that make a bad situation better",
"sensetop": "compensation (for something)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I wish I were young again, but getting older has its compensations."
},
{
"text": "The grey streets of London were small compensation for the loss of her beloved Africa."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌkɒmpenˈseɪʃn/",
"audio": "co/compensation/compensation__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌkɑːmpenˈseɪʃn/",
"audio": "co/compensation/compensation__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from Latin compensatio(n-), from the verb compensare ‘weigh against’, from com- ‘together’ + pensare (frequentative of pendere ‘weigh’)."
}