Compensation

'''compensation''' (kom-pen-'''say'''-shen), ''n''.
'''1.''' Remuneration and other benefits received in return for services rendered; esp., salary or wages.
'''2.''' Payment of damages or any other act that a court orders to be done by a person who has caused injury to another. • In theory, compensation makes the injured person whole.

(''Black's Law Dictionary'' 8th ed., © 2004 West Publishing)