代償|だいしょうdaishou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nouncompensation; reparation; indemnification
   彼女かのじょは親切しんせつの代償だいしょうとして何なんも受け取うけとらなかった。↗

   She got nothing in reward for her kindness.
2. nounprice (of achieving a goal); cost
   こういう特典とくてんに対たいして私達わたしたちはどんな代償だいしょうを支払しはらわなければならないのか。↗

   What price do we have to pay for these advantages?
3. nounpaying compensation on someone's behalf
4. noun, biologycompensation
5. noun, psychologycompensation; substitution

• Synonym補償ほしょうNeutralCovers losses with money, as in 「損失補償」. Unlike 「代償」, it has no sense of the price paid to achieve a goal.
• Synonym償いつぐないNeutralThe act, money or deed that makes up for a fault or loss, often 「罪の償い」; not necessarily money. 「代償」 also covers the price paid for a goal.
• Synonym弁償べんしょうNeutralPaying for damage you caused to others; in everyday talk it typically appears as 「弁償する」. It lacks the sense of a price paid to reach a goal.
• Synonym賠償ばいしょうNeutralA legal term for compensating damage, as in 「損害賠償」.
• Synonym対価たいかWrittenThe reward or consideration received in exchange for goods or effort, common in legal and business use; it carries no sense of sacrifice.
• Related埋め合わせうめあわせNeutralAn everyday word for making up for losses, shortfalls or favors owed; it never carries the sense of a price paid for a goal.
• Related報いむくいNeutralThe outcome of one's actions: a reward like 「努力に対する報い」 or retribution. It does not refer to compensating damage done to others.
• Related償うつぐなうNeutralA verb meaning to make up for or atone for something; it stresses making amends for a wrongdoing.
• Related償金しょうきんWrittenA written word for compensation money; rare, and everyday speech says 「賠償金」.
• Related填補てんぽWrittenA written term for filling a deficit, seen mostly in insurance and legal writing.
• Related報償ほうしょうWrittenA written word for compensation that can also mean retaliation; rare, and daily speech says 「補償」.
• Related贖うあがなうWrittenA written verb for atoning or making up for something, with religious or moral overtones.

「代償」 covers both compensating damage and the sacrifice paid to achieve a goal, as in 「大きな代償を払う」. For compensating damage, the usual words are 「補償」, 「賠償」 and 「弁償」; for payment in a transaction use 「対価」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 他人たにんに与あたえた損害そんがいの償つぐないとしてそれに相応そうおうする金品きんぴん・労力ろうりょくなどを提供ていきょうすること。
2. 目的もくてきを達成たっせいするために犠牲ぎせいにしたもの。
3. 欲求よっきゅうが満みたされない時とき、代かわりのもので満足まんぞくしようとすること。