compensation system

collocation in English

meaningsofcompensationandsystem

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compensation
noun
uk
/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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system
noun
uk
/ˈsɪs.təm/us
/ˈsɪs.təm/
a set of connected things or devices that ...
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(Definition ofcompensationandsystemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thiscompensationsystemalso assumes an isopotential compartment and uses the same equivalent circuit.
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Finally, does the design of the unemploymentcompensationsystemaffect the decisions of wives of unemployed workers to become actively engaged in the labour market?
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The group of people who benefit from capital inflows may not be the same group of people who suffer from environmental degradation, and acompensationsystemis not yet established.
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A major component of this control architecture is a frictioncompensationsystemthat is able to significantly reduce the effects of joint friction that varies over time.
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There are significant problems with a no-faultcompensationsystem.
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They will be met by the intergovernmental oil pollution liability andcompensationsystem.
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Thecompensationsystemmust be changed to reflect what we really want—that is positive management, not passive inactivity.
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It is important that ourcompensationsystemrecognises financial loss as well as physical pain and loss.
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Then there is the partialcompensationsystem, whereby their compensation is reduced because of wages that they have not received at all.
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The commission then examined the way in which thecompensationsystemoperates, and the various arguments relating to its possible extension.
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We saw the end of the traditional agrimonetarycompensationsystemas of the end of 2001.
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If we do away with the compulsorycompensationsystemthere will be a danger that owners of poultry will not report fowl pest immediately.
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To extend the scope of the landcompensationsystemin this way would be quite inappropriate.
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We agree that there must be a bettercompensationsystemfor mining subsidence.
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The idea that this is a particularly generouscompensationsystemdoes not accord with the facts.
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Could we not end this struggle towards proving negligence with a more open and generouscompensationsystem?
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A meaningful tenants' charter must include acompensationsystemfor council tenants who improve their homes.
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It would be absurd in the present circumstances to invite us to patch up piecemeal the old workmen'scompensationsystem.
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Our challenge is to establish acompensationsystemthat genuinely brings fairness into the ban on hunting with dogs.
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Under the old workmen'scompensationsystema man's payment depended on loss of earnings irrespective of the nature of the disability.
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