From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Crime & lawcompensatorycom‧pen‧sa‧to‧ry /ˌkɒmpənˈseɪtəri◂ $ kəmˈpen-səˌtɔːri/AWL adjective [usually before noun] formal1SCPAY FORcompensatory payments are paid to someone who has been harmed or hurt in some way
She was awarded a large sum in compensatory damages.2REDUCEintended to reduce the bad effects of something
Workers are given a compensatory day off when a national holiday falls on a weekend.Examples from the Corpuscompensatory• The right-brain compensatoryability seems to be lost for most of us sometime in the preschool years.• In fact, once drivers are made aware of this they normally take compensatoryaction in their driving.• If Nietzsche was to come to terms with a specializedacademiccareer, his need of a compensatoryallegiance was extreme.• When will he announce an enhancedhilllivestockcompensatoryallowance?• She is seeking $ 700,000 in compensatory and punitivedamages.• By contrast, compensatory damages reimburseactual out-of-pocket losses.• The Courtawarded Mitchel $650,000 in compensatory damages.• If they prevail, they are entitled to compensatory damages.• The subsectioncombines, therefore, a restitutionary remedy and a compensatory remedy.• Officers can earnovertime pay or compensatory time off.compensatory damages• But there are no such guidelines for determiningcompensatory damages.• If they prevail, they are entitled to compensatory damages.• Punitive damages potentially could be much more costly to cigarette companies than compensatory damages.• He was awarded $ 335,000 in compensatory damages and $ 300,617 in punitive damages.• Therefore Knapp was awarded compensatory damages and reassigned to his teaching and coaching jobs.• Court awards of compensatory damages for deaths are irrelevant to benefit-cost analysis for similarreasons.• By contrast, compensatory damages reimburse actual out-of-pocket losses.• If the jury had ruled against compensatory damages, the case would not have been able to proceed to the punitive stage.
