fair compensation

collocation in English

meaningsoffairandcompensation

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fair
adjective
uk
/feər/us
/fer/
treating someone in a way that is right or reasonable, or treating a group of people equally and not allowing personal opinions to influence ...
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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 offairandcompensationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffair compensation

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Less thanfaircompensationwill inevitably result in undercutting the professional standing of the bioethicist as an integral part of the team.
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This obsessive focus on the reward to capital is not matched by a regard forfaircompensationthat ought to be earned by labor.
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Compensation equalizes or redresses a balance, and so, to speak of 'faircompensation' is entirely sensible.
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Additional funds should allow for effective, quick andfaircompensationfor victims of future oil spills.
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I believe it would be important to obtain an account of the ways in whichfaircompensationor fair remuneration have developed.
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That was not over-cautious protection, butfaircompensationin the face of social dumping.
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Countries which cannot grow silage maize should receivefaircompensation.
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After all, we always believe infaircompensation; and that would be fair.
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He is receiving injury, and all we ask is to give himfaircompensation.
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They were not paid because of any prejudice, but because of damage, asfaircompensation.
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We need to ensure that full andfaircompensationis paid, but both sides have to work within the legal framework.
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Officers and soldiers who are required to retire prematurely will be givenfaircompensation.
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We should payfaircompensationto those who work in the industry and to those who suffer as a result of it.
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If afaircompensationwere given for the minerals, most of this £300,000,000 would go in that respect.
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My view it thatfaircompensationought to be paid.
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There must befaircompensationin the context of acquisition which looks like being more or less compulsory.
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The principles offaircompensation, however, have not been departed from.
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He has not indicated whether he will payfaircompensation, or indeed any compensation.
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A refusal to allow a remittance of earnings and any failure to pay prompt andfaircompensationfor acquisition must adversely affect investment.
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First, white farmers would be content to sell some of their land providedfaircompensationwas paid by the government.
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