compensation
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An earnings press release pointed to $658 million in securities investment losses and a 12 percent uptick in expenses, primarily driven by higher compensation and greater spending on technology and marketing.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
The sign features photographs of five players whose combined compensation costs less than the Los Angeles Dodgers’ No. 8 hitter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
If any compensation were to be considered, Everton, Liverpool and Stoke City would have the biggest claim of £10.7m, having finished below City in all nine seasons.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Shorter-term Treasurys are being upgraded to overweight, and long-term Treasurys to neutral, “as higher yields now provide better compensation for interest-rate risk.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Many of the states that do authorize some monetary aid severely limit the amount of compensation.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
But all the compensations, all the progress anyway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
Edinburgh Employment Tribunal ruled that PC Jones should be awarded compensations of £24,800 and PC Tunnock should receive £23,824.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2025
Naqvi said the compensations would be completed within the next 48 hours and said that authorities have begun to repair the churches.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
Once one of Citgo's U.S. parent companies, Citgo Holding, pays off its debt entirely later this year, the firm will have room to get new financing, an extra tool for negotiating some compensations, Medina added.
From Reuters ● May 31, 2023
Of course this was long before the compensations for being a girl were apparent to her.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing compensation
The Bill of Rights
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"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
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