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عِوَض
compensation /ˈʕi.wadˤ/
nounB2#3339 most common
Also: substitute, recompense, consideration (in a contract)
Example sentences
هذا عِوَض عن الكتاب.
This is a replacement for the book.
أعطاني عِوَضًا عن الساعة المكسورة.
He gave me compensation for the broken watch.
طلبتُ عِوَضًا ماليًا عن الضرر الذي لحق بسيارتي.
I asked for financial compensation for the damage to my car.
لم يقبل عِوَضًا عن الأرض التي فقدها في الحرب.
He would not accept compensation for the land he lost in the war.
نصّ العقد على دفع عِوَض عادل في حال إنهاء الخدمة قبل موعدها.
The contract required payment of fair compensation if the service ended early.
يرى الفقهاء أن العِوَض في عقود المعاوضات يجب أن يكون معلومًا ومقدورًا على تسليمه حتى يصح العقد.
Jurists hold that the consideration in exchange contracts must be known and deliverable for the contract to be valid.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عِوَضٌ | أَعْوَاضٌ |
| Genitive | عِوَضٍ | أَعْوَاضٍ |
| Accusative | عِوَضًا | أَعْوَاضًا |
| Vocative | يا عِوَضُ | يا أَعْوَاضُ |
Word family
عَوَّضَto compensate, make up for
تَعْوِيضcompensation, indemnityتَعَوَّضَto be compensated, get recompense
عِوَضًا عنinstead of, in place of
مُعَوِّضcompensating, offsetting
Etymology
عِوَض comes from the Arabic triliteral root ع-و-ض (ʿ-w-ḍ), which carries the sense of substituting or making good a loss. The noun follows the fiʿal pattern common for abstract nouns tied to an action. From this root Arabic also built the verb عَوَّضَ, to compensate, and the noun تَعْوِيض, indemnity.
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