compensation; equivalent value; consideration
Refers to something given in return for goods, services, or effort, often monetary but can be abstract. Common in formal and business settings.
I receive a salary as compensation for my work.
The price for that information was high.
You receive a salary as compensation for your labor.
You should properly pay for the value of the service.
He received compensation for providing the information.
He demanded fair compensation for that work.
代金 is the price paid for goods in a commercial transaction, whereas 対価 can cover abstract or non-monetary compensation as well.
代償 often carries a sense of sacrifice or cost paid for something (sometimes figurative), while 対価 is neutral and simply names the value exchanged.
見返り is a more casual, everyday word for something given back in return, while 対価 is formal and typically used in legal or business writing.
対価 and 代価 sound and look similar and both mean 'price/compensation', but 代価 leans toward the literal or figurative 'cost' of something (代価を払う), while 対価 is the standard term for consideration in a legal or business exchange.
対価 refers to the price or compensation given in exchange for something, while 等価 refers to two things being of equal value, despite sharing the kanji 価.
quid pro quo sexual harassment
Compound of 対 (たい, 'opposite, versus') and 価 (か, 'value, price'), literally meaning 'corresponding value'.