compensations
Saykom-puhn-SAY-shuhnz/ˌkɑm.pənˈseɪ.ʃənz/UK/ˌkɒm.pənˈseɪ.ʃənz/AUSkom-pen-SAY-shuhnz/ˌkɔm.penˈsæɪ.ʃənz/
- 1Plural of compensation.
For all its hardships, the job had its compensations, including long summer breaks.
Among the compensations of growing older are patience and perspective.
Note
A plural that picks out the countable side of the noun. Compensation can name an abstract principle, the act of making up for something, and in that use it rarely takes a plural. Compensations are separate things: individual payments for a loss, rewards for service, or the consolations that offset a hardship, as in the compensations of growing older.
compensations is a form of compensation
compensation, noun: Payment or other rewards given in return for work or services performed. Full entry
- Forms
- compensationcompensations plural
- Spelling
- compensation → compensations: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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