Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

workmen's compensation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables: work-men's -com-pen-sa-tion
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Insurance that pays medical costs of personal injuries sustained by working.

Uncountable

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

workman's compensation (alternative) worker's compensation (alternative) workers' compensation (alternative) workmen's comp (alternative) workman's comp (alternative) worker's comp (alternative) workers' comp (alternative)

Questions

What does workmen's compensation mean?: Insurance that pays medical costs of personal injuries sustained by working.

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