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compensation

In law, money paid to a person who has suffered injury, loss, or damage. If a crime has been committed, compensation can be claimed from various official bodies and through the courts, depending on the circumstances.



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I am told the government here will make me a compensation for my own and my family's loss, which I think cannot be much less than £3,000 sterling.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States.
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That river was to be my compensation for the lost freedom of the farming country.
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