different between indemnity vs compo

English

Etymology

From late Middle English indempnite, from Middle French indemnité, from Late Latin indemnitas (“security from damage”), from Latin indemnis (“undamaged”), from in- (“not”) + damnum (“damage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?d?mn?ti/
• Hyphenation: in?dem?ni?ty

Noun

indemnity (countable and uncountable, plural indemnities)

1. Security from damage, loss, or penalty.
2. (law) An obligation or duty upon an individual to incur the losses of another.
3. Repayment; compensation for loss or injury.
4. (law) The right of an injured party to shift the loss onto the party responsible for the loss.
5. (insurance) A principle of insurance which provides that when a loss occurs, the insured should be restored to the approximate financial condition occupied before the loss occurred, no better, no worse.

Related terms

• indemnify
• damage

Translations

See also

• double indemnity

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?m.p??/
• Rhymes: -?mp??

Noun

compo (countable and uncountable, plural compos)

1. Abbreviation of compensation.
   1. (Australia, slang) Workers' compensation.
2. Abbreviation of composition.
   1. (military, slang, historical, attributive) Compo ration.
      • 1992, Martin Walker, Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 1991: Public Eating

        Sometimes supplies of food might be a little short in certain areas but attempts were made to ensure that all men had some rations, compo and fresh, available to them.

   2. A mixture of whiting, resin, and glue for ornamenting walls and cornices.
   3. Lime cement mortar.

      • Lime-cement mortar is also known as composition or "compo" mortar, guarded or gauged mortar. The mix contains, lime, cement and sand in proportions depending on the requirements of the work.

   4. (cricket) A type of practice cricket ball made of cork and rubber.
3. Abbreviation of competition.

Derived terms

• compo ration

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kompo/, [?ko?mpo?]

Noun

compo

1. Alternative form of kompo

Declension

French

Etymology

Shortening of composition.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.po/

Noun

compo f (plural compos)

1. (sports) lineup