compensatie — meaning in English
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English meaning
- compensation noun Money or another benefit given to make up for a loss, injury, or inconvenience.
- offset noun Something that balances out or compensates for something else.
- set off phrasal verb To begin a journey or start out towards somewhere.
Senses
compensatie is used for these senses in English:
- compensation (finance) The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount.
- compensation A recompense or reward for service.
- compensation (real estate) An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation.
- offset Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
- set-off (dated) That which is used to improve the appearance of anything; a decoration; an ornament.
compensation — full definition
- noun Money or another benefit given to make up for a loss, injury, or inconvenience.
- noun Pay or reward given for work performed.
offset — full definition
- noun Something that balances out or compensates for something else.
- verb To counterbalance or compensate for something, typically by an opposite effect.