compensation
Example Sentences
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The state government has announced financial compensation for the families of the victims.
From BBC
Does the halting of these sales create any kind of pressure regarding cash-based compensation or are you thinking about adjusting anything?
Potentially more problematic will be calls for compensation payments to U.S. companies and individuals — many in south Florida — whose property was expropriated after the revolution.
From Los Angeles Times
But almost half of Welsh councils are rejecting almost every compensation claim they receive from drivers for pothole damage, according to recent data.
From BBC
This ex-farmer's mother - who had been a co-owner of their farm - is well over 90 years old and has spent the last 25 years awaiting hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation.
From BBC
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