compensation
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The danger is that special payouts eclipse more structured compensation plans that pay out less or nothing if performance is poor, said David Kokell, Institutional Shareholder Services’ head of U.S. compensation research.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The club could also face a flood of compensation claims from rivals.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
“Performance-based compensation can offer a rational and effective means to define and align adviser and investor goals,” the SEC’s Atkins said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
While he insists he has no intention of removing any family living in those homes, he does want compensation for the nationalised land.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
For the chief virtue of a gradual approach was to extend the cost of compensation over several decades so that the full bill never landed at one time or even on one generation.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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
Pratt and Whitney, a subsidiary of RTX, booked a $2.48 billion operating loss in the reported quarter related to engine recalls and compensations to airlines.
From Reuters ● Oct. 24, 2023
Earlier in the day, Mohsin Naqvi, the top official in Punjab province, where Jaranwala is located, announced the compensations on X, previously known as Twitter.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
For rabbits, winter remains what it was for men in the middle ages—hard, but bearable by the resourceful and not altogether without compensations.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Vocabulary lists containing compensation
The Bill of Rights
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"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
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"The Monkey's Paw," Vocabulary from the short story
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