Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Not having been compensated; serving without compensation; unpaid.

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  • adjective Not compensated; having no compensation.
  • adjective Not paid for one's work.

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  • adjective not paying a salary

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Examples

  • However, "noncitizen immigrants were more likely than U.S. natives to have a health care visit classified as uncompensated care," the authors note (Stimpson, Wilson and Eschbach, 2/11).

    THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010

  • However, "noncitizen immigrants were more likely than U.S. natives to have a health care visit classified as uncompensated care," the authors note (Stimpson, Wilson and Eschbach, 2/11).

    THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010

  • However, "noncitizen immigrants were more likely than U.S. natives to have a health care visit classified as uncompensated care," the authors note (Stimpson, Wilson and Eschbach, 2/11).

    THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010

  • However, "noncitizen immigrants were more likely than U.S. natives to have a health care visit classified as uncompensated care," the authors note (Stimpson, Wilson and Eschbach, 2/11).

    THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010

  • However, "noncitizen immigrants were more likely than U.S. natives to have a health care visit classified as uncompensated care," the authors note (Stimpson, Wilson and Eschbach, 2/11).

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • Citizens who’ve suffered property damage and bodily injury that will forever remain uncompensated because the miscreant who injured them was an illegal alien.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Illegal Immigration and the Rule of Law 2010

  • And, in fact, there's going to be a whole lot of savings that we obtain from that, because, for example, the average American family is paying thousands of dollars in hidden costs in their insurance premiums to pay for what's called uncompensated care, people who show up at the emergency room because they don't have a primary care physician.

    CNN Transcript Jul 22, 2009 2009

  • You see the crisis when people come in who aren't fully insured and you become loaded up with what's called uncompensated care.

    Presidents Remarks To The American Hospital Association ITY National Archives 1994

  • Maryland hospitals hold a separate indicator of how many go without health insurance in what's called uncompensated care, or care that's provided in which hospitals receive no payment from the patient or an insurance company.

    WBALTV.com - Local News 2009

  • Maryland hospitals hold a separate indicator of how many go without health insurance in what's called uncompensated care, or care that's provided in which hospitals receive no payment from the patient or an insurance company.

    WBALTV.com - Local News 2009

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