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Definition of Compensatory
1. a. Serving for compensation; making amends.
Definition of Compensatory
1. Adjective. That compensates, or serves as compensation ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Compensatory
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Compensatory
1. Providing compensation; making up for a deficiency or loss. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compensatory
Literary usage of Compensatory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. California Jurisprudence: A Complete Statement of the Law and Practice of by William Mark McKinney (1922)
"GROUNDS OF compensatory DAMAGES. In General. § 13. Theory of compensatory
Damages.—compensatory damages are not the cause of action. ..."
2. Progressive Taxation in Theory and Practice by Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman (1894)
"This argument I would term the "special compensatory theory" as over against ...
The general compensatory theory upholds progression asa general principle ..."