fixed compensation
1Compensation — • Denotes the price paid for human exertion or labour Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Compensation Compensation † …
2Fixed capital — is a concept in economics and accounting, first theoretically analysed in some depth by the economist David Ricardo. It refers to any kind of real or physical capital (fixed asset) that is not used up in the production of a product and is… …
3Compensation pendulum — Pendulum Pen du*lum, n.; pl. {Pendulums}. [NL., fr. L. pendulus hanging, swinging. See {Pendulous}.] A body so suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum. It is used to regulate the… …
4compensation — Indemnification; payment of damages; making amends; making whole; giving an equivalent or substitute of equal value. That which is necessary to restore an injured party to his former position. Remuneration for services rendered, whether in salary …
5compensation — Indemnification; payment of damages; making amends; making whole; giving an equivalent or substitute of equal value. That which is necessary to restore an injured party to his former position. Remuneration for services rendered, whether in salary …
6compensation — A return for a benefit conferred or promised, that is, a consideration. Searcy v Grow, 15 Cal 117; a remuneration for services, whether in the form of a fixed salary, fees, commissions, or perquisites of whatever character. 43 Am J1st Pub Of §… …
7compensation neurosis — a fixed preoccupation with real or imaginary disability following an industrial or civil injury, when there is a possibility of financial compensation. The condition tends to deprive the affected person of the motive to overcome the alleged… …
8extra compensation — Compensation over and above that fixed by contract for the work agreed to be done. Weston v State, 262 NY 46, 186 NE 197, 88 ALR 1219. Money paid out of public funds to a public officer or servant in excess of his regular salary for the… …
9Motion compensation — is an algorithmic technique employed in the encoding of video data for video compression, for example in the generation of MPEG 2 files. Motion compensation describes a picture in terms of the transformation of a reference picture to the current… …
10Risk compensation — In ethology, risk compensation is an effect whereby individual people may tend to adjust their behavior in response to perceived changes in risk. It is seen as self evident that individuals will tend to behave in a more cautious manner if their… …
