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workmen's compensation

 
Dictionary: work·men's compensation   (wûrk'mənz)
 
n.

Workers' compensation.


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Economics Dictionary: Workmen's Compensation
 

A state insurance program that provides money for workers injured on the job and for the dependents of workers killed on the job.

 
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: compensation for death or injury suffered by a worker in the course of his employment


 
 

 

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Economics Dictionary. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.  Read more
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