In a sentence
Six example sentences with compensation, each labelled with its topic.
The airline paid compensation of six hundred dollars to every passenger whose luggage never arrived at the destination.
Law
His contract lists compensation in three parts: a base salary, a playoff bonus, and a payment for every all-star selection.
Basketball
Farmers downstream received compensation for the ruined harvest, though the money arrived two seasons after the factory leak.
Environment
Early employees accept lower compensation in cash and take shares instead, betting that the company will be worth more later.
Startups
Depositors received compensation from the guarantee scheme within a week, though amounts above the cap were lost when the bank failed.
Finance
The airline offered compensation of a night's hotel and a meal voucher to everyone stranded by the fog.
Travel
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