compensating balance
— Noun
– English
~ a minimum credit balance that a bank may require a borrower to keep on deposit as a condition for granting a loan; a common requirement for establishing a line of credit at a bank; "the compensating balance increases the effective interest rate to the bank since the net amount loaned is reduced but the interest paid is unchanged"
compensation
— Noun
– English
~ (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
compensation
— Noun
– English
~ something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
compensation
— Noun
– English
~ the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
compere
— Verb
– English
~ act as a master of ceremonies
compere
— Noun
– English
~ British term for someone who introduces television acts or cabarets etc
compete
— Verb
– English
~ compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
competence
— Noun
– English
~ the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
competency
— Noun
– English
~ the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
competent
— Adjective
– English
~ adequate, but not outstanding or exceptional; "a competent performance"
competent
— Adjective
– English
~ legally qualified or sufficient; "a competent court"; "competent testimony"
competent
— Adjective
– English
~ properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient; "a competent typist"
competently
— Adverb
– English
~ with competence; in a competent capable manner; "they worked competently"
competition
— Noun
– English
~ a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers; "business competition can be fiendish at times"
competition
— Noun
– English
~ the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"
competition
— Noun
– English
~ the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
competition
— Noun
– English
~ an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
competitive
— Adjective
– English
~ showing a fighting disposition; "highly competitive sales representative"; "militant in fighting for better wages for workers"; "his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy"
competitive
— Adjective
– English
~ subscribing to capitalistic competition
competitive
— Adjective
– English
~ involving competition or competitiveness; "competitive games"; "to improve one's competitive position"