対価|たいかtaika[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nouncompensation; equivalent value; consideration
   それを発明はつめいした教授きょうじゅは大学だいがくから相当そうとうの対価たいかを受うける権利けんりがある。↗

   The professor who invented it has the right to reasonable remuneration from the university.

• Synonym報酬ほうしゅうNeutralA reward or fee given for work, help, or the lending of goods, e.g. 「報酬を受け取る」; 「対価」 stresses an equivalent return given in exchange.
• Synonym代償だいしょうWrittenWritten/formal prose: a price paid or compensation, often with a sense of sacrifice, as in 「大きな代償を払う」; 「対価」 is an equivalent return in exchange.
• Related報償ほうしょうWrittenWritten/formal prose: compensation or recompense; leans toward making up for a loss rather than an equivalent return in exchange.
• Related報償金ほうしょうきんFormalFormal: money paid as compensation or a reward; 「対価」 is the equivalent value one receives in exchange.
• Antonym無償むしょうNeutralFree of charge, with no payment or reward, as in 「無償提供」; the opposite of 「対価」, which implies a paid exchange.
• Antonym无偿NeutralSimplified Chinese spelling of 「無償」; same meaning, free of charge, and likewise the opposite of 「対価」. In Japanese, write 「無償」.

Use 「対価」 for the equivalent return you get for providing goods, services, or labor, as in 「労働の対価」 and 「対価を支払う」. For a reward or fee for work or help, say 「報酬」; for the price paid, often with sacrifice implied, 「代償」. The opposite of 「対価」 is 「無償」.

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1. ものや労力ろうりょくを提供ていきょうする替かわりに受け取うけとるもの。