compensations
Balancing payments given
Compensations is the plural of compensation—payments or benefits given in return for work, loss, or injury.
Salary and benefits are forms of compensation: The job offers competitive compensations including health insurance and stock options.
The word also covers payments for damages: The victims sought compensations for their suffering.
In psychology, compensations are behaviors that offset perceived weaknesses.
Fixed periodic employment payment
- wagesPayment for work
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
- bonusesAdded compensation beyond wages
- severanceTermination pay or disconnection
remuneration · pay · stock options · retirement · pension · overtime · commission · perks
Compensation for injury
- settlementsEstablished communities or agreements
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
- reparationsCompensation for historical wrongs
- indemnityProtection against financial loss
awards · payouts · claims · liability · judgments · remedies · redress · lawsuits
Compensate by opposing force
- counterweightBalancing mass in machinery
- equilibriumState of balance
- correctionFixing of mistakes
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
neutralization · equalization · rebalancing · trade-off · mitigation · redress · amends · making up for
Managing under strain
- defense mechanismUnconscious self-protective mental process
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- sublimationSolid to gas directly
substitution · balancing · offsetting · counterbalancing · rationalization · displacement · ego defense · insecurity
salary
Fixed periodic employment payment
severance · remuneration · pay · stock options · retirement · pension · overtime · commission · perks · healthcare
damages
Compensation for injury
- settlementsEstablished communities or agreements
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
- reparationsCompensation for historical wrongs
indemnity · awards · payouts · claims · liability · judgments · remedies · redress · lawsuits · wrongful termination
offset
Compensate by opposing force
- counterweightBalancing mass in machinery
- equilibriumState of balance
- correctionFixing of mistakes
adjustment · neutralization · equalization · rebalancing · trade-off · mitigation · redress · amends · making up for · restoration
coping
Managing under strain
- defense mechanismUnconscious self-protective mental process
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
sublimation · substitution · balancing · offsetting · counterbalancing · rationalization · displacement · ego defense · insecurity · inferiority
- adjustmentsadjustment, tweaks, adjust, shifts, fixes
- safeguardssafeguards, safety valve, protections, kill switch, defenses
compensationspenalties
Punishments for infractions
losses · fines · debts · deductions · forfeitures
compensationsdamages
Compensation for injury
injuries · harms · losses · deficits · deprivations
compensationspunishments
Sanctions for misconduct
penalties · sanctions · retributions · reprisals · forfeitures
- compensation paymentsMoney owed for damages
- compensation plansStructured employee payment systems
- victim compensationPayment to those harmed
- worker's compensationInsurance for job injuries
- workmen's compensationInsurance for job injuries
- workers compensationEmployer-funded injury benefits