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Anything which alleviates or compensates for suffering or loss a compensation esp an additional allowance as for injured feelings

Compensation

The act or principle of compensating

Recompense

To render an equivalent to for service loss etc to requite to remunerate to compensate

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no-fault

of, relating to, or being a motor vehicle insurance plan under which someone injured in an accident is compensated usually up to a stipulated limit for esp. actual losses (as for property damage, medical bills, and lost

bailment

bailment that either benefits both parties or only the bailee ;esp : one in which the bailee receives compensation called also bailment for mutual benefit compensated bailment constructive bailment : a bailment imposed by law when the

compensation

compensation 1 : the act of compensating 2 in the civil law of Louisiana : the ending of mutual

contract

that benefits another for which the law imposes an obligation on the beneficiary or a third party to compensate the actor compare offense re·quire·ments contract : a contract in which the seller agrees to sell and the

damages

damages money that a defendant pays a plaintiff in a civil case that the plaintiff has won, to compensate the plaintiff for loss or injury. Source: Federal Judicial Center

eminent domain

jurisdiction see also condemn, expropriate, take NOTE: The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires the government to compensate the owner of property taken by eminent domain, stating “nor shall private property be taken for public use,

fund

is set aside for a specific objective cli·ent security fund : a fund established by each state to compensate clients for losses suffered due to their attorneys' misappropriation of funds common trust fund : an in-house trust

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