Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

worker's compensation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

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

32

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

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

Questions

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

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