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compensationary

compensationary adjective: relating to, or serving as, compensation.

Adjective

compensationary (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or serving as, compensation.

Origin of compensationary

From compensation + -ary.

Questions about compensationary

What does compensationary mean?
Compensationary means relating to, or serving as, compensation.
What part of speech is compensationary?
Compensationary is an adjective.

Words near compensationary in the dictionary

  1. compensation neurosis
  2. compensation pendulum
  3. compensation pendulums
  4. compensation trade
  5. compensational
  6. compensationary
  7. compensations
  8. compensative
  9. compensatively
  10. compensativeness
  11. compensator

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