A recompense or reward for service.
Something which is regarded as an equivalent; something which compensates for loss.
An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation.
The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount.
The ability of one part of the brain to overfunction in order to take over the function of a damaged part (e.g. following a stroke).
The relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature for provision of air or water to contained rooms or spaces for the purpose of efficient heating. In building control systems, the compensation curve is defined to a compensator for this purpose.
The act or principle of compensating.
A covert, often illegal, payment in return for a favor consisting of providing an opportunity of chargeable transaction; a kind of bribe.
A backward kick, a retrograde movement of an extremity.
recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction of the operator.
An accident wherein the upper tip of the bar of a running chainsaw contacts a relatively immovable object, forcing the bar upwards and pressing the running chain more firmly against the object, causing the saw to be hurled upwards and backwards into the operator's face.
A dangerous buildup of gas pressure at the wellhead.
In contract bridge, an ace asking convention initiated by the first step above four of the agreed trump suit.
An accident where an object being cut by a rotating blade or disk, such as a circular saw, is caught by the blade and thrown outward.
The board separating one bowling lane from another at the pit end.
A feature that saves the ball from draining and propels it back into play.
A relaxed party.