Consideration

Word CONSIDERATION
Character 13
Hyphenation con sid er a tion
Pronunciations /kənˌsɪdəˈɹeɪʃən/

Definitions and meanings of "Consideration"

What do we mean by consideration?

Careful thought; deliberation. noun

A result of considering; an opinion or a judgment. noun

A factor to be considered in forming a judgment or decision. noun

A treatment or account. noun

Thoughtful concern for others; solicitude. noun

High regard; esteem. noun

Payment given in exchange for a service rendered; recompense. noun

Something promised, given, or done that has the effect of making an agreement a legally enforceable contract. noun

(in consideration of) In view of; on account of. idiom

(in consideration of) In return for. idiom

The act of considering; mental view; regard; notice: as, to take into consideration the probable consequences. noun

Careful reflection; serious deliberation. noun

Contemplation; observation; heed: with of: as, he was acquitted in consideration of his youth. noun

Thoughtful, sympathetic, appreciative, or deserved regard or respect: with for before the subject considered: as, consideration for the feelings of others is the mark of a gentleman. noun

Some degree of importance; claim to notice or regard; place in or hold upon regard, attention, or thought. noun

That which is or should be considered; a subject of reflection or deliberation; a matter of import or consequence; something taken or to be taken into account: as, the public good should be the controlling consideration with a statesman. noun

Recompense for trouble, service rendered, or the like; remuneration. noun

In law, that which a contracting party accepts as an equivalent for a service rendered; the sum or thing given, or service rendered, in exchange for something else, or the sum, thing,or service received in exchange for something; the price of a promise or a transfer of property. noun

Synonyms and Attention, reflection. noun

The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).

Something considered as a reason or ground for a (possible) decision.

The tendency to consider others.

A payment or other recompense for something done.

A matter of inducement for something promised; something valuable given as recompense for a promise, which causes the promise to become binding as a contract.

Importance, claim to notice, regard.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Consideration

The word "consideration" in example sentences

Find where the argument might have a hole, show how there are failures to follow that argument across the board, then use that failure to claim the entire point in consideration is invalid …? ❋ Unknown (2010)

I have to laugh at posters who think part of any of the plans in consideration is going to mean they will get to cancel their private insurance and won't have to pay $400 a month for their coverage. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Another consideration is the absence of limits this year on itemized deductions for charitable giving. ❋ Jilian Mincer (2010)

Another consideration is the kind of mines you invest in, if you are trying to play a precious metals position do not buy base metal miners with gold and silver as a by product, stick to specialists. ❋ Canadian Silver Bug/Green Assassin Brigade (2007)

Another publication worth your consideration is the Libraries section of the Chronicle of Higher Education, September 30, 2005. ❋ Unknown (2005)

It is this consideration of other people—or rather this cowardly fear of them which we call consideration—that makes us the sentimental slaves we are. ❋ Unknown (1903)

It is this consideration of other people or rather this cowardly fear of them which we call consideration that makes us the sentimental slaves we are. ❋ George Bernard Shaw (1903)

Another consideration is the necessity of rigid, exact treatment of details; uncertain or even suggestive drawing is out of place in cover ornamentation. ❋ Unknown (1894)

The process is what we call consideration and decision. ❋ Ambrose Bierce (1878)

Then comes the question of honour; and although the Federals affect to be too philosophical to admit that this consideration is at the bottom of the war, and though they pretend to rest the struggle upon certain principles, we firmly believe that they have too much of the Anglo-Saxon in them to permit them to forget the idea of national honour. ❋ Unknown (1864)

Our son-in-law must be a rich man, in order to be able to give his new title consideration; and, fortunately, the wooer of my daughter's hand possesses this qualification, and therefore we have given our consent. ❋ Peter [Translator] Langley (1843)

The veteran lightweight seemed to be keeping himself out of serious title consideration with his inability to finish, something likely to be forgotten -- and quickly -- if he can make it two stoppages in a row with a premature ending against the crafty grappler. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I am appalled that Mr Revell did not receive that kind of consideration from the New Jersey police. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Even if Property M and its corollary rights accrue only at some point (hard to pinpoint precisely) some months after birth, say, it might at any rate be due some kind of consideration from the point it develops a nervous system sufficiently advanced to support just raw, unreflective experience. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Democracy has gone far with us, but it may still be said that the young heir to a great name, to estates with which his family has been connected for generations, and to the accumulated "consideration" to use a French word in a French sense, which such a position almost always carries with it – has a golden time in English life. ❋ Unknown (1916)

First in consideration is the fact that the excerpts are taken from publications which were once widely distributed by the Jehovah’s Witnesses themselves. ❋ Unknown (2005)

"consideration" -- to use a French word -- at a critical moment may mean. ❋ Humphry Ward (1885)

The U.S. government is asked to take in consideration Iranian people's suffering and not to engage with Iran: ❋ Unknown (2009)

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