noncompensatory
- adjective
- /nɒnˌkɒmpənˈseɪtəri/
- The internship was strictly noncompensatory, so students received experience but no salary or reimbursement.
Examples
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Many volunteer positions are noncompensatory and offer no financial reward.
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Is this position noncompensatory or does it offer benefits?
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The award is noncompensatory, recognizing achievement without any monetary prize.
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She found the noncompensatory nature of the job frustrating.
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Many volunteer positions are noncompensatory and offer no financial reward.
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The internship was strictly noncompensatory, so students received experience but no salary or reimbursement.
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The award is noncompensatory, recognizing achievement without any monetary prize.
Synonyms
Not paid for work or services
Done without money given for work or services
Work done without pay
Not required to give money or not having given money for something
Antonyms
How Compensated
Surface Forms
Morphology
noncompensatory = compensatory (transparent) = non + compensate + ory
Clear negation of the adjective 'compensatory' (not providing compensation), formed by the productive prefix 'non-'.
Etymology
Noncompensatory starts with non- 'not' and the rest comes from compensation 'payment' or 'reward'. So something noncompensatory does not give payment — it is unpaid.