English-Thai Dictionary

compensation

N การ ชดเชย  recompense payment kan-chod-chei

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMPENSATION

n. 1. That which is given or received as an equivalent for services, debt, want, loss, or suffering; amends; remuneration; recompense.
All other debts may compensation find.
The pleasures of life are no compensation for the loss of divine favor and protection.
2. In law, a set-off; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COMPENSATION

Com `pen *sa "tion, n. Etym: [L. compensatio a weighing, a balancing of accounts.]

 

1. The act or principle of compensating. Emerson.

 

2. That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation of something else; that which compensates for loss or privation; amends; remuneration; recompense. The parliament which dissolved the monastic foundations...vouchsafed not a word toward securing the slightest compensation to the dispossessed owners. Hallam. No pecuniary compensation can possibly reward them. Burke.

 

3. (Law ) (a ) The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount; a set-off. Bouvier. Wharton. (b ) A recompense or reward for some loss or service. (c ) An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real eatate, in which it is customary to privide that errors in description, etc. , shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation. Compensation balance, or Compensated balance, a kind of balance wheel for a timepiece. The rim is usually made of two different expansibility under changes of temperature, so arranged as to counteract each other and preserve uniformity of movement. -- Compensation pendulum. See Pendulum.

 

Syn. -- Recompense; reward; indemnification; consideration; requital; satisfaction; set-off.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

compensation

com pen sa tion |ˌkämpənˈsāSHən ˌkɑmpənˈseɪʃən | ▶noun something, typically money, awarded to someone as a recompense for loss, injury, or suffering: seeking compensation for injuries suffered at work | [ as modifier ] : a compensation claim. • the action or process of making such an award: the compensation of victims. • the money received by an employee from an employer as a salary or wages. • something that counterbalances or makes up for an undesirable or unwelcome state of affairs: the gray streets of London were small compensation for the loss of her beloved Africa | getting older has some compensations. • Psychology the process of concealing or offsetting a psychological difficulty by developing in another direction. DERIVATIVES com pen sa tion al |-SHənl |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from Latin compensatio (n- ), from the verb compensare ‘weigh against ’ (see compensate ).

 

compensation pendulum

com pen sa tion pen du lum ▶noun Physics a pendulum constructed from metals with differing coefficients of expansion in order to neutralize the effects of temperature variation.

 

compensation water

com |pen |sa ¦tion water ▶noun [ mass noun ] water supplied from a reservoir to a stream in time of drought.

 

Oxford Dictionary

compensation

com |pen |sa ¦tion |kɒmpɛnˈseɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 something, typically money, awarded to someone in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury: he is seeking compensation for injuries suffered at work | [ as modifier ] : a compensation claim. • the action or process of awarding compensation: the compensation of victims. • something that counterbalances or makes up for an undesirable or unwelcome state of affairs: the grey streets of London were small compensation for the loss of her beloved Africa | [ count noun ] : getting older has some compensations. 2 the process of concealing or offsetting a psychological difficulty by developing in another direction. 3 chiefly N. Amer. the money received by an employee from an employer as a salary or wages: send your CV and current compensation to Executive Search Consultant. DERIVATIVES compensational adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from Latin compensatio (n- ), from the verb compensare ‘weigh against ’ (see compensate ).

 

compensation pendulum

com |pen |sa ¦tion pen ¦du |lum ▶noun Physics a pendulum constructed from metals with differing coefficients of expansion in order to neutralize the effects of temperature variation.

 

compensation water

com |pen |sa ¦tion water ▶noun [ mass noun ] water supplied from a reservoir to a stream in time of drought.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

compensation

compensation noun my client has not received compensation for the legal fees incurred in 1998: recompense, repayment, reimbursement, remuneration, requital, indemnification, indemnity, redress; damages; informal comp.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

compensation

compensation noun they provide adequate compensation for any costs incurred: recompense, repayment, payment, reimbursement, remuneration, requital, indemnification, indemnity, redress, satisfaction; damages, reparations; N. Amer. informal comp; archaic guerdon, meed; rare solatium.

 

French Dictionary

compensation

compensation n. f. nom féminin 1 Dédommagement. : Une compensation financière. 2 Système de virements bancaires. : La compensation (et non le *clearing ). LOCUTION En compensation En contrepartie. : Il a travaillé pendant la fin de semaine; en compensation, il a eu congé lundi. Note Syntaxique Suivie d ’un complément, la locution se construit avec la préposition de. FORME FAUTIVE compensation. Anglicisme au sens de indemnisation, réparation.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

compensation

com pen sa tion /kɑ̀mp (ə )nséɪʃ (ə )n, -pen- |kɔ̀m -/→compensate 名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 U 【損害などに対する 】賠償 [補償 ]金 ; «…に対して » 賠償 [補償 ]すること «for » ▸ receive compensation for one's injury けがに対する補償金を受け取る ▸ claim [seek ] compensation from the government 政府からの賠償金を要求する ▸ be paid seven million yen in [as ] compensation ≒be paid seven million yen compensation 700万円の賠償金を支払われる 2 U 〖具体例ではa (…) ～/～s 〗(つらい状況の中での )慰め ; «…の » 埋め合わせになるもの ; «…を » 補う行為 «for » ▸ Passing the exam after four-years of study was a real compensation .4年間の勉強を経てその試験に合格したことは, 大いに慰めとなった ▸ He gave me a present by way of compensation .彼は埋め合わせとして私にプレゼントをくれた 3 U ｟米 かたく ｠報酬 , 給与 .4 U C 〘生物 〙代償 (作用 ); 〘心 〙代償作用 .～al 形容詞 賠償 [補償 ]の ; 埋め合わせの .