{
    "term": "compensation",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "something, especially money, that somebody gives you because they have hurt you, or damaged something that you own; the act of giving this to somebody",
            "sensetop": "compensation (for something)in compensation",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **claim/award/receive compensation**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The employer has a duty to pay full compensation for injuries received at work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to receive £10 000 in compensation",
                    "contextForm": "in compensation"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She received a cash sum by way of compensation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He got some compensation for damages."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She received £7 000 as compensation for her injuries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The money was small compensation for unfair dismissal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They will have to pay £5 000 in compensation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "compensation from the government"
                },
                {
                    "text": "compensation to Mrs Parker"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the rules used for determining compensation"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Compensation has cost the company a lot of money."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has made a compensation claim to an industrial tribunal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The businesses that had to relocate received £10 000 each in compensation from the local council."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The court awarded her compensation of £58 000 for unfair dismissal."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["full", "partial", "small"],
                "… of compensation": ["amount"],
                "verb + compensation": [
                    "award (somebody)",
                    "give (somebody)",
                    "grant (somebody)"
                ],
                "compensation + verb": ["be payable"],
                "compensation + noun": ["claim", "committee", "costs"],
                "preposition": [
                    "as compensation (for)",
                    "in compensation (for)",
                    "compensation for"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "money that an employee receives for doing their job",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Send your CV and current compensation to Executive Search Consultant."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a thing or things that make a bad situation better",
            "sensetop": "compensation (for something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I wish I were young again, but getting older has its compensations."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The grey streets of London were small compensation for the loss of her beloved Africa."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkɒmpenˈseɪʃn/",
                "audio": "co/compensation/compensation__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkɑːmpenˈseɪʃn/",
                "audio": "co/compensation/compensation__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from Latin compensatio(n-), from the verb compensare ‘weigh against’, from com- ‘together’ + pensare (frequentative of pendere ‘weigh’)."
}