payment of compensation

  • 11compensation package — ➔ package1 * * * compensation package UK US noun [C] ► HR the total payment and benefits that an employee receives for doing their job: »Health and dental insurance might be considered a vital part of the compensation package …

    Financial and business terms

  • 12Payment — Pay ment, n. [F. payment, paiement. See {Pay} to requite.] 1. The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation. [1913 Webster] No man envieth the payment of a debt. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is paid;… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 13compensation — [n] repayment; rectification advantage, allowance, amends, atonement, benefit, bonus, bread*, consideration, counterclaim, coverage, damages, defrayal, deserts*, earnings, fee*, gain, honorarium, indemnification, indemnity, meet, pay, payment,… …

    New thesaurus

  • 14compensation — [käm΄pən sā′shən] n. [ME compensacioun < L compensatio] 1. a compensating or being compensated 2. a) anything given as an equivalent, or to make amends for a loss, damage, unemployment, etc.; recompense b) payment for services; esp., wages or… …

    English World dictionary

  • 15payment of damages — index compensation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 16compensation —    Payment for work performed, in the form of salary, wages, commission or goods rather than money. Also, the amount received after an injury or loss, usually paid by the insurance company of the party who caused the damage or by the injured… …

    Business law dictionary

  • 17compensation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Equalizing payment Nouns 1. (act of compensating) compensation, satisfaction, indemnification, indemnity; compromise; counteraction, [equal and opposite] reaction; measure for measure; retaliation,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 18payment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of paying Nouns 1. payment, defrayment; discharge, remission; acquittance, quittance; settlement, clearance, liquidation, satisfaction, reckoning, arrangement, restitution, repayment, reimbursement;… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 19compensation — 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 …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 20compensation — 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 …

    Black's law dictionary