reasonable compensation

collocation in English

meaningsofreasonableandcompensation

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reasonable
adjective
uk
/ˈriː.zən.ə.bəl/us
/ˈriː.zən.ə.bəl/
based on or using good judgment and therefore fair ...
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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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(Definition ofreasonableandcompensationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Third, "reasonablecompensation" would be given to donors.
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He may receivereasonablecompensationwhen he is dispossessed.
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The criminal courts already have power to order persons convicted of committing damage to property to payreasonablecompensationfor the damage.
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The royalty owners were paid a sum of money on the basis that ordinaryreasonablecompensationfor letting down the surface was to be paid.
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If the owner could be givenreasonablecompensationfor his probably very small takings he would be only too happy to shut the shack.
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They are to be extinguished within fifteen years on payment ofreasonablecompensationto the superior.
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Where nationalisation takes place, we expectreasonablecompensation.
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Are discussions going on for the payment ofreasonablecompensation?
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We are making good andreasonablecompensationterms for those who want to retire.
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Yet out of these vast profits, apparently, it is not possible to payreasonablecompensation.
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The amendment sets out one way of trying to ensure what is an agreed objective; that of providing fair, appropriate andreasonablecompensation.
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It is fair to the person whose property is taken, and it provides forreasonablecompensationwith a minimum of delay.
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I think we are all agreed on one point, namely, that one year's rent is a fair andreasonablecompensation.
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Since everybody was affected, it wasreasonablecompensation.
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I hope that he will look to see whether a better method can be worked out to ensure fair andreasonablecompensationfor these firms.
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Not whatreasonablecompensationshould be paid, but what the disinterested management company can afford.
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Is there no power to grantreasonablecompensationto the widow of this officer who lost his life in the public service?
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When the offer of £140 was made we believed that it represented fair andreasonablecompensation.
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I think that it will be essential to go outside that particular type of body in order to securereasonablecompensation.
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He has put forward a case, not in any way to damage the scheme, but wherereasonablecompensationshould be given.
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