対たい償しょう

noun

compensation; remuneration; consideration

Legal term for something given in return, especially in contracts. In contract law, it refers to the benefit or detriment that each party provides as part of a binding agreement.

• 契けい約やくには対たい償しょうが必ひつ要ようです。

  A contract requires consideration.

• この取とり引ひきでは、金きん銭せんが対たい償しょうとして支し払はらわれた。

  In this transaction, money was paid as compensation.