OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 14007

compensation

/ˌkɒm.pənˈseɪ.ʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
contrapartida
Something which is regarded as an equivalent; something which compensates for loss.
No pecuniary compensation can possibly reward them.
The parliament which dissolved the monastic foundations […] vouchsafed not a word toward securing the slightest compensation to the dispossessed owners.
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