compensation
Significado (Inglés)
- (countable, uncountable) The act or principle of compensating.
- (countable, uncountable) Something which is regarded as an equivalent; something which compensates for loss.
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
- (countable, uncountable) A recompense or reward for service.
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
- (countable, uncountable) The relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature for provision of air or water to contained rooms or spaces for the purpose of efficient heating. In building control systems, the compensation curve is defined to a compensator for this purpose.
- (countable, uncountable) The ability of one part of the brain to overfunction in order to take over the function of a damaged part (e.g. following a stroke).
Conceptos
compensacion
indemnización por daños
resarcimiento de daños
reparación de perjuicios
Sinónimos
compensatory process
exemplary damages
equivalent value
Traducciones
Frecuencia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˌkɒm.pənˈseɪ.ʃən/
Etimología (Inglés)
In summary
From Middle English compensacioun, from Old French compensacion, from Latin compensātiōnem, accusative singular of compensātiō. Equivalent to compensate + -ion.
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