Compensation

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Compensation may refer to:

• remuneration:
  • pay (salary or wage):
    • executive compensation
    • deferred compensation
  • damages, the money paid or awarded to a plaintiff
    • workers' compensation, to protect employees who have incurred work-related injuries
• A psychological defence mechanism
• compensation (engineering)
• compensation (chess), various advantages a player has in exchange for a disadvantage
• "Compensation" (essay), by Ralph Waldo Emerson
• In biology, the characteristic pattern of bending of the plant or mushroom stem after turning from the normal vertical position.