compensation
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The twice-bankrupt telecom company said the Pentagon was using its licensed wireless spectrum rights without compensation, threatening its business model.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
But the correlation between the banks’ size and management compensation far and away exceeds other variables.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
She was fined £40 on Monday, ordered to pay compensation of £776.98 to five of her victims and handed a 12-month community order at the same court.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Then there’s the issue of the big jump in Founder and CEO Brown’s total compensation.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 12, 2026
As we have seen, the projected cost of compensation was a potent argument against gradual emancipation, and the argument has been echoed in most scholarly treatments of the topic ever since.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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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