generous compensation

collocation in English

meaningsofgenerousandcompensation

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generous
adjective
uk
/ˈdʒen.ər.əs/us
/ˈdʒen.ər.əs/
willing to give money, help, kindness, etc., especially more than is usual ...
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compensation
noun
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/ˌkɒm.penˈseɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑːm.penˈseɪ.ʃən/
money that is paid to someone in exchange for something that has been lost or damaged or for ...
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(Definition ofgenerousandcompensationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The financial well-being of academic health centers and the continuedgenerouscompensationof medical school faculty have been the winners; education and research, the losers.
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Moregenerouscompensationthan would otherwise be available is therefore appropriate.
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All that has changed since then is thegenerouscompensationpackage, amounting, in the third year, to £1·2 billion to help 15 million people.
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They can discuss whether the miners received agenerouscompensationpackage.
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Given farmers' understandable opposition to culling their cattle,generouscompensationmust be provided to persuade them to do so.
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Generouscompensationhas been paid to dockers to leave an industry that was overmanned.
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The consolatory payment does not, however, preclude a request for moregenerouscompensationfor worry and distress.
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The idea that this is a particularlygenerouscompensationsystem does not accord with the facts.
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Certain of my constituents will be done considerable harm and that harm can be removed only bygenerouscompensation.
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Having got away with thatgenerouscompensation, they considered how to boycott national transport.
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The recently agreed common agricultural policy reform measures includedgenerouscompensationfor all farmers.
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Furthermore, we shall widen the scope of the scheme so that it will offergenerouscompensationto those not presently included in the scheme.
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Therefore, there will be agenerouscompensationscheme which we believe will be administered efficiently and quickly.
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Taking account of thegenerouscompensationthat they will be receiving, benefit recipients will be paying much less than those with higher incomes.
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Certainly, and this does not apply in particular to my constituents, moregenerouscompensationwould greatly help to speed the process of land acquisition.
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When the tariff scheme is introduced, it will remain the mostgenerouscompensationscheme in the world.
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It would be a good thing if thegenerouscompensationterms enabled those people to leave.
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Generouscompensationarrangements have been introduced to help producers adapt to the lower level of production required.
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There is a need for a noise barrier, landscaping, soundproofing of homes andgenerouscompensationfor the people who own their own homes.
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