Compensation
Compensation noun - Payment to another for a loss or injury.
Return is a synonym for compensation. In some cases you can use "Return" instead a noun "Compensation".
Return
Return noun - The amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount received.
Usage example: the return on each unit sold has increased since we streamlined the production process
Compensation is a synonym for return in earnings topic. Sometimes you can use "Compensation" instead a noun "Return", if it concerns topics such as repayment.
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The British Prime Minister claims to have secured a compensation package from them, but on his return from the US, his plane crashes in the Atlantic under mysterious circumstances.
Source: Series / Secret State - Even if my demands means calling you names and forcing you to buy me a free lunch with no compensation in return.
Source: Intolerable Tolerance - All Take and No Give: Jack's unwanted and extremely abusive relationship with Balrog, to the point where Balrog even tries to trick Jack into letting him bite Jack's other foot off as a return compensation for the fact that he bit one of Jack's feet off.
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