compensation

/ˌkɒmpənˈseɪʃən/ noun

Translation

MONEY [U] › money that you pay to someone because you are responsible for injuring them or damaging something

tazminat

Most of the workers have won compensation for losing their jobs.1421

SOMETHING GOOD [C, U] › something you get to make you feel better when you have suffered something bad

karşılık, bedel

Free food was no compensation for a very boring evening.1839

(Definition of compensation noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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