Compensation
noun
Something given or received as Equivalent for services, loss, or suffering.
He received compensation for the damage to his car.
Often appears as...
- compensation package
- compensation plan
noun
What is given or received to make up for something else.
In the dream, his schoolmates represented a compensation for his loss of family.
noun
The process of adjusting or balancing the opposing forces in a mechanical system.
The compensation of thermal expansion must be accounted for in the design.
Often appears as...
- compensation circuit
- compensation system
noun
Something given or received as Equivalent for services, loss, or suffering.
He received compensation for the damage to his car.
Often appears as...
- compensation package
- compensation plan
noun
What is given or received to make up for something else.
In the dream, his schoolmates represented a compensation for his loss of family.
noun
The process of adjusting or balancing the opposing forces in a mechanical system.
The compensation of thermal expansion must be accounted for in the design.
Often appears as...
- compensation circuit
- compensation system
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Beyond Money
Compensation can be non-financial, such as a favor or a benefit.
He asked for extra vacation days as compensation for working weekends.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Fair
Compensation might not fully cover a loss or may seem inadequate to some people.
They felt the compensation for the property damage was too low.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Context
Compensation is often used in legal settings involving settlements or damages.
The company offered compensation to settle the lawsuit out of court.
Pro Tip 1/3Beyond Money
Compensation can be non-financial, such as a favor or a benefit.
He asked for extra vacation days as compensation for working weekends.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Fair
Compensation might not fully cover a loss or may seem inadequate to some people.
They felt the compensation for the property damage was too low.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Context
Compensation is often used in legal settings involving settlements or damages.
The company offered compensation to settle the lawsuit out of court.
Pro Tip 1/3Beyond Money
Compensation can be non-financial, such as a favor or a benefit.
He asked for extra vacation days as compensation for working weekends.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Fair
Compensation might not fully cover a loss or may seem inadequate to some people.
They felt the compensation for the property damage was too low.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Context
Compensation is often used in legal settings involving settlements or damages.
The company offered compensation to settle the lawsuit out of court.
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How to rob a bank (from...
not if, when. Second thing we need to do is completely reform modern executive and professional compensation, which is what they use to suborn the appraisers. Remember, they were pressuring the appraisers through the compensation system, trying to produce what we call a Gresham's dynamic,
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The way we think about...
We have two rulebooks. We have one for the nonprofit sector, and one for the rest of the economic world. It's an apartheid, and it discriminates against the nonprofit sector in five different areas, the first being compensation. So in the for-profit sector, the more value you produce,
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James Rhee: The value of...
And sales just exploded. And just like that, we had found a way to operationalize goodwill. In our internal culture, in our outbound sales and marketing, but also, perhaps most significantly, in our sense of compensation system. There were all three spirals just sort of doing this,
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Giving checkmate is...
pieces in order to attack the king and we usually say that I have compensation like the black piece is very much out of the board on the side and I have two bishops which are can be very strong so more or less the game is balanced but it can be dangerous for black okay is it
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the rest of the village is watching and the people who are getting compensation are getting super happy yeah and now the entire village is like oh what's happening and these 25 people went to the village elders and then they were like oh we have done this what he said
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How to spot a pyramid...
The distinction between pyramid schemes and legitimate multi-level marketing can be particularly hazy. In theory, the difference is that the members of the multi-level marketing companies primarily earn compensation from selling a particular product or a service
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Kimberley Motley: How I...
and they agreed that she did have a right to civil compensation. What Sahar has shown us is that we can attack existing bad practices by using the laws in the ways that they're intended to be used, and by protecting Sahar, we are protecting ourselves.
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How the blockchain is...
engaging more people in the economy, and then ensuring that they got fair compensation? Let me describe five ways that this can be done. Number Did you know that 70 percent of the people in the world who have land
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The unpaid work that GDP...
and of course there was still someone needed to manage the household and to prepare the food for the shearing gangs. And her mother came to help with that. But the family got no compensation for the mother,
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Lisa Kristine: Photos...
and fell countless feet down that shaft. As I stand talking to you today, these men are still deep in that hole, risking their lives without payment or compensation, and often dying.
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How to rob a bank (from...
not if, when. Second thing we need to do is completely reform modern executive and professional compensation, which is what they use to suborn the appraisers. Remember, they were pressuring the appraisers through the compensation system, trying to produce what we call a Gresham's dynamic,
Video examples
The way we think about...
We have two rulebooks. We have one for the nonprofit sector, and one for the rest of the economic world. It's an apartheid, and it discriminates against the nonprofit sector in five different areas, the first being compensation. So in the for-profit sector, the more value you produce,
Video examples
James Rhee: The value of...
And sales just exploded. And just like that, we had found a way to operationalize goodwill. In our internal culture, in our outbound sales and marketing, but also, perhaps most significantly, in our sense of compensation system. There were all three spirals just sort of doing this,
Video examples
Giving checkmate is...
pieces in order to attack the king and we usually say that I have compensation like the black piece is very much out of the board on the side and I have two bishops which are can be very strong so more or less the game is balanced but it can be dangerous for black okay is it
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Searching for the...
the rest of the village is watching and the people who are getting compensation are getting super happy yeah and now the entire village is like oh what's happening and these 25 people went to the village elders and then they were like oh we have done this what he said
Video examples
How to spot a pyramid...
The distinction between pyramid schemes and legitimate multi-level marketing can be particularly hazy. In theory, the difference is that the members of the multi-level marketing companies primarily earn compensation from selling a particular product or a service
Video examples
Kimberley Motley: How I...
and they agreed that she did have a right to civil compensation. What Sahar has shown us is that we can attack existing bad practices by using the laws in the ways that they're intended to be used, and by protecting Sahar, we are protecting ourselves.
Video examples
How the blockchain is...
engaging more people in the economy, and then ensuring that they got fair compensation? Let me describe five ways that this can be done. Number Did you know that 70 percent of the people in the world who have land
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The unpaid work that GDP...
and of course there was still someone needed to manage the household and to prepare the food for the shearing gangs. And her mother came to help with that. But the family got no compensation for the mother,
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Lisa Kristine: Photos...
and fell countless feet down that shaft. As I stand talking to you today, these men are still deep in that hole, risking their lives without payment or compensation, and often dying.
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Billy Sheehan
American Musician
It was also important for me to have a burning desire to achieve something worthwhile on that instrument, and I devoted many many many hours with little or no compensation to perfecting whatever I could, because I loved it so much.
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Octavia E. Butler
American Writer
The major tragedies in life, there's just no compensation. But the minor ones you can always write about. It's my way of dealing, and it's a heck of a lot cheaper than psychiatrists. The story, you see, will get you through.
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Tom Perez
American Politician
Misclassification means workers are denied not just minimum wage and overtime but other social safety net protections like workers' compensation and unemployment insurance.
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Ted DiBiase Sr.
American Wrestler
The truth is, the WWE has changed incredibly since my wrestling days. The work schedule is not as demanding overall, and the compensation is much better.
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Max Nordau
Hungarian Critic
If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does not trouble me if others hold me lightly.
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Bill Dedman
American Journalist
State and federal laws protect whistle-blowers, those who refuse to do something illegal, and workers who file claims for workers' compensation.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
American Author
The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter. In the best sense one stays young.
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Irving Azoff
American Businessman
Life at a public company ain't for me. The board pays you what you're worth, then you get reamed for your compensation.
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William Barclay
Scottish Theologian
We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life has taken away.
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Billy Sheehan
American Musician
It was also important for me to have a burning desire to achieve something worthwhile on that instrument, and I devoted many many many hours with little or no compensation to perfecting whatever I could, because I loved it so much.
Quote examples
Octavia E. Butler
American Writer
The major tragedies in life, there's just no compensation. But the minor ones you can always write about. It's my way of dealing, and it's a heck of a lot cheaper than psychiatrists. The story, you see, will get you through.
Quote examples
Tom Perez
American Politician
Misclassification means workers are denied not just minimum wage and overtime but other social safety net protections like workers' compensation and unemployment insurance.
Quote examples
Ted DiBiase Sr.
American Wrestler
The truth is, the WWE has changed incredibly since my wrestling days. The work schedule is not as demanding overall, and the compensation is much better.
Quote examples
Max Nordau
Hungarian Critic
If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does not trouble me if others hold me lightly.
Quote examples
Bill Dedman
American Journalist
State and federal laws protect whistle-blowers, those who refuse to do something illegal, and workers who file claims for workers' compensation.
Quote examples
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
Quote examples
F. Scott Fitzgerald
American Author
The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter. In the best sense one stays young.
Quote examples
Irving Azoff
American Businessman
Life at a public company ain't for me. The board pays you what you're worth, then you get reamed for your compensation.
Quote examples
William Barclay
Scottish Theologian
We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life has taken away.
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