compensation
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He is seeking unspecified compensation for general damages that include emotional distress, reinstatement, back pay and a jury trial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
The difference between these two yields is a market-based measure of inflation compensation of 2.4% plus an inflation risk premium.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
The 42-year-old received a public housing flat in compensation, but told AFP she will miss the village where neighbours are like family.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
Also unlike almost every other firm on Wall Street, Cravath for years resisted changing its lockstep compensation system, which pays partners on a rigid payscale based largely on seniority.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
There is no grand compensation to the admission of envy of the poor.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
But all the compensations, all the progress anyway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
Edinburgh Employment Tribunal ruled that PC Jones should be awarded compensations of £24,800 and PC Tunnock should receive £23,824.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2025
Earlier in the day, Mohsin Naqvi, the top official in Punjab province, where Jaranwala is located, announced the compensations on X, previously known as Twitter.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
Ross Stores shares fell marginally in extended trading as it forecast second-quarter profit below estimates, hit by higher incentive compensations and wages.
From Reuters ● May 18, 2023
Of course this was long before the compensations for being a girl were apparent to her.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing compensation
The Bill of Rights
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"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
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"The Monkey's Paw," Vocabulary from the short story
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