compensation
n
1 the act or process of making amends for something
2 something given as reparation for loss, injury, etc.; indemnity
3 the automatic movements made by the body to maintain balance
4 the attempt to conceal or offset one's shortcomings by the exaggerated exhibition of qualities regarded as desirable
5 (Biology) abnormal growth and increase in size in one organ in response to the removal or inactivation of another ♦
compensational adj
compensation order
n (in Britain) the requirement of a court that an offender pay compensation for injury, loss, or damage resulting from an offence, either in preference to or as well as a fine
compensation point
n (Botany) the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide at which the rate of carbon dioxide uptake by a photosynthesizing plant is exactly balanced by its rate of carbon dioxide release in respiration
unemployment compensation
n (in the U.S.) payment by a governmental agency to unemployed people
workmen's compensation , worker's compensation
n compensation for death, injury, or accident suffered by a workman in the course of his employment and paid to him or his dependents