COMPENSATION in a Sentence
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58 example sentences for COMPENSATION, such as:
1. They have a valid claim to compensation.
2. He claimed compensation for loss of earnings.
3. The question of compensation comes into focus.
4. This may affect your entitlement to compensation.
5. They lodged a compensation claim against the factory.
2. He claimed compensation for loss of earnings.
3. The question of compensation comes into focus.
4. This may affect your entitlement to compensation.
5. They lodged a compensation claim against the factory.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of COMPENSATION
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compensation
n. something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
n. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
Classic Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
1 But when Zenobia's doctor recommended her looking about for some one to help her with the house-work the clan instantly saw the chance of exacting a compensation from Mattie.
2 Anxious as he was to avoid personal notice, he took, in the printed mention of his name, a pleasure so exquisite and excessive that it seemed a compensation for his shrinking from publicity.
3 That river was to be my compensation for the lost freedom of the farming country.
4 Some slaveholders thought it not much loss to allow Mr. Covey to have their slaves one year, for the sake of the training to which they were subjected, without any other compensation.
5 The gratification afforded by the triumph was a full compensation for whatever else might follow, even death itself.
6 It was almost compensation for my suffering to witness, once more, a manifestation of kindness from this, my once affectionate old mistress.
7 His satisfaction in which happy imposition on us, and in having preserved the impenetrable secret of the box, appeared to be a sufficient compensation to him for all his tortures.
8 It's his only compensation for the outward restraints he puts upon himself.
9 But in compensation he gave no quarter to the enemy either.
10 I am quite sure that it is the only compensation you have left it in your power to make.
11 So the compensation was only three hundred pounds, and they made out as if it was more of a gift than legal compensation, because it was really the man's own fault.
12 It is a law of nature we overlook, that intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger, and trouble.
13 Arina Vlasyevna agreed with her husband, but that was small compensation since she saw her son only at meals, and was now absolutely afraid to address him.
14 I don't order it or allow it, but I don't exact compensation either.
15 After a while the Tsar's decree came: to set the merchant free and give him a compensation that had been awarded.
Example Sentence: (25 in 2 pages)
1 You will need to seek professional advice about your claim for compensation.
2 This may affect your entitlement to compensation.
3 Walter argues that the Convention guarantees compensation whenever a citizen is deprived of property.
4 They lodged a compensation claim against the factory.
5 They have a valid claim to compensation.
6 They faced interminable legal hassles if they wanted to claim compensation.
7 If the goods prove defective, the customer has the right to compensation.
8 The family has instructed solicitors to sue Thomson for compensation.
9 The question of compensation comes into focus.
10 And workers' compensation payments to professional athletes would be offset by any payments available under a labor contract.
11 He claimed compensation for loss of earnings.
12 He received one year's salary as compensation for loss of office.
13 She received compensation from the government for the damage caused to her property.
14 Such factors relate to the conduct of the employee and the total compensation received.
15 There are an estimated 86000 survivors around the world and almost half of them could be eligible for payments from the compensation fund.