consideration
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
consideration/kənsɪdəˈreɪʃn/
▶noun
- 1 careful thought.
■ a fact that is taken into account when making a decision.
- 2 thoughtfulness towards others.
- 3 a payment or reward.
■ Law anything given or promised by one party in exchange for the promise or undertaking of another.
- 4 archaic importance.
– phrases
in consideration of in return for.
take into consideration take into account.
under consideration being considered.
in consideration of in return for.
take into consideration take into account.
under consideration being considered.
'consideration' also found in these Oxford entries:
advisement
- allow
- allowance
- aside
- attention
- avizandum
- balance
- bar
- bird
- blurt
- bring
- care
- compound
- considering
- contempt
- count
- decide
- decision
- deliberate
- deliberation
- deliberative
- discourteous
- disdain
- dismiss
- dismissive
- eliminate
- end
- entertain
- exclude
- featherweight
- first
- food
- germane
- heartless
- insignificant
- lay
- light
- loving kindness
- matter
- offhand
- offset
- only
- please
- plunge
- population
- precipitate
- prefer
- prepare
- prescind
