| Main Entry: | compensation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repayment; rectification |
Synonyms: |
advantage, allowance, amends, atonement, benefit, bonus, bread, consideration, counterclaim, coverage, damages, defrayal, deserts, earnings, fee*, gain, honorarium, indemnification, indemnity, meet, pay, payment, payoff, premium, profit, quittance, reciprocity, reckoning, recompense, recoupment, redress, reimbursement, remittal, remittance, remuneration, reparation, reprisal, requital, restitution, reward, salary, salt, satisfaction, scale, settlement, shake, stipend, take*, take-home, wage |
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damage, deprivation, fine, forfeiture, loss, penalty |
| Main Entry: | payment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fee; installment of fee |
Synonyms: |
acquittal, advance, alimony, amends, amortization, amount, annuity, award, bounty, cash, defrayal, defrayment, deposit, disbursement, discharge, down, fee, hire, indemnification, outlay, part, pay-off, paying, pension, portion, premium, quittance, reckoning, recompense, redress, refund, reimbursement, remittance, remuneration, reparation, repayment, requital, restitution, retaliation, return, reward, salary, settlement, subsidy, sum, support, wage |
| Main Entry: | settlement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decision, conclusion |
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adjustment, agreement, arrangement, clearance, compact, compensation, completion, conclusion, confirmation, contract, covenant, deal, defrayal, determination, discharge, disposition, establishment, happy medium, liquidation, pay, payment, payoff, quietus, reimbursement, remuneration, resolution, satisfaction, showdown, termination, trade-off, working out |
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confusion, indecision |
| Main Entry: | indemnification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | compensation |
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advantage, allowance, amends, atonement, benefit, bonus, bread, consideration, counterclaim, coverage, damages, defrayal, deserts, earnings, fee*, gain, honorarium, indemnity, meet, offset, pay, payment, payoff, premium, profit, quittance, reciprocity, reckoning, recompense, recoupment, redress, reimbursement, remittal, remittance, remuneration, reparation, repayment, reprisal, requital, restitution, reward, salary, salt, satisfaction, scale, setoff, settlement, shake, stipend, take*, take-home, wage |
| Main Entry: | quittance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | compensation |
Synonyms: |
advantage, allowance, amends, atonement, benefit, bonus, bread, consideration, counterclaim, coverage, damages, defrayal, deserts, earnings, fee*, gain, honorarium, indemnification, indemnity, meet, offset, pay, payment, payoff, premium, profit, reciprocity, reckoning, recompense, recoupment, redress, reimbursement, remittal, remittance, remuneration, reparation, repayment, reprisal, requital, restitution, reward, salary, salt, satisfaction, scale, setoff, settlement, shake, stipend, take*, take-home, wage |
| Main Entry: | setoff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | compensation |
Synonyms: |
advantage, allowance, amends, atonement, benefit, bonus, bread, consideration, counterclaim, coverage, damages, defrayal, deserts, earnings, fee*, gain, honorarium, indemnification, indemnity, meet, offset, pay, payment, payoff, premium, profit, quittance, reciprocity, reckoning, recompense, recoupment, redress, reimbursement, remittal, remittance, remuneration, reparation, repayment, reprisal, requital, restitution, reward, salary, salt, satisfaction, scale, settlement, shake, stipend, take*, take-home, wage |
| Main Entry: | compensation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
all straight, compensating, compensatory, countervailing, equivalent, in the opposite scale, moratory, never indebted, out of debt, owing nothing, paid, paying, unowed
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| Concept: | Compensation. |
| Category: | 2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
compensation, equation; commutation; indemnification; compromise neutralization, nullification; counteraction; reaction; measure for measure; retaliation, equalization [more]; robbing Peter to pay Paul., set-off, offset; make-weight, casting-weight; counterpoise, ballast; indemnity, equivalent, quid pro quo; bribe, hush money; amends (atonement); counterbalance, counterclaim; cross-debt, cross-demand.
-verbs
make compensation; compensate, compense; indemnify; counteract, countervail, counterpoise; balance; outbalance, overbalance, counterbalance; set off; hedge, square, give and take; make up for, make leeway; cover, fill up, neutralize, nullify; equalize; make good; redeem (atone).
-adjectives
compensating, compensatory; countervailing; in the opposite scale; equivalent (equal).
-adverbs
in return, in consideration; but, however, yet, still, notwithstanding; nevertheless, nathless, none the less; although, though; albeit, howbeit; mauger; at all events, at any rate; be that as it may, for all that, even so, on the other, hand, at the same time, quoad minus, quand meme, however that may be; after all is said and done; taking one thing with another (average).
-phrases
" light is mingled with the gloom " [Whittier]; every dark cloud has a silver lining; primo avulso non deficit alter [Vergil]; saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas [Ovid].
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| Concept: | Payment. |
| Category: | 4. Monetary Relations |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
payment, defrayment; discharge; acquittance, quittance; settlement, clearance, liquidation, satisfaction, reckoning, arrangement., acknowledgment, release; receipt, receipt in full, receipt in full of all demands; voucher., repayment, reimbursement, retribution; pay(reward); money paid (expenditure)., ready money (cash); stake, remittance, installment., payer, liquidator.
-verbs
pay, defray, make payment; paydown, pay on the nail, pay ready money, pay at sight, pay in advance; cash, honor a bill, acknowledge; redeem; pay in kind., pay one's way, pay one's shot, pay one's footing; pay the piper, pay sauce for all, pay costs; do the needful; shell out, fork out; come down with, come down with the dust; tickle the palm, grease the palm; expend; put down, lay down., discharge, settle, quit, acquit oneself of; foot the bill; account with, reckon with, settle with, be even with, be quits with; strike a balance; settle accounts with, balance accounts with, square accounts with; quit scores; wipe off old scores, clear off old scores; satisfy; pay in full; satisfy all demands, pay in full of all demands; clear, liquidate; pay up, pay old debts., disgorge, make repayment; repay, refund, reimburse, retribute; make compensation.
-adjectives
paying paid; owing nothing, out of debt, all straight; unowed, never indebted.
-adverbs
to the tune of; on the nail, money down.
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Antonyms: |
nonpayment |
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