English-Swedish translations for compensation

• kompensation en
  Angående: Principen om rimlig kompensationSubject: Principle of 'fair compensation'
  Och om den har bekräftats, har ni tänkt er någon kompensation?And if it has, will any compensation be envisaged?
  Du använder ordet ”kompensation”.You use the word 'compensation'.
• ersättning en
  System för ersättning till investerare (Investor-compensation schemes (
  Graefe zu Baringdorf frågade mig om ersättning.Mr Graefe zu Baringdorf asked me about compensation.
  Angående: Ersättning för förseningar i flygtrafikenSubject: Compensation for flight delays

Definition of compensation

• The act or principle of compensating
• Something which is regarded as an equivalent; something which compensates for loss
• The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount
• A recompense or reward for service
• The relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature for provision of air or water to contained rooms or spaces for the purpose of efficient heating. In building control systems the compensation curve is defined to a compensator for this purpose

Related words

• compensating
• overcompensation
• decompensation
• compensative
• compensation for false imprisonment
• compensation for wrongful imprisonment
• compensation depth
• compensation bar
• compensation ratio