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Consideration
Consideration Con*sid`er*a"tion, n. [L. consideratio: cf. F.
consid?ration.]
1. The act or process of considering; continuous careful
thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation;
attention.
Let us think with consideration. --Sir P.
Sidney.
Consideration, like an angel, came. --Shak.
2. Attentive respect; appreciative regard; -- used especially
in diplomatic or stately correspondence.
The undersigned has the honor to repeat to Mr.
Hulseman the assurance of his high consideration.
--D. Webster.
The consideration with which he was treated.
--Whewell.
3. Thoughtful or sympathetic regard or notice.
Consideration for the poor is a doctrine of the
church. --Newman.
4. Claim to notice or regard; some degree of importance or
consequence.
Lucan is the only author of consideration among the
Latin poets who was not explained for . . . the
Dauphin. --Addison.
5. The result of delibration, or of attention and
examonation; matured opinion; a reflection; as,
considerations on the choice of a profession.
6. That which is, or should be, taken into account as a
ground of opinion or action; motive; reason.
He was obliged, antecedent to all other
considerations, to search an asylum. --Dryden.
Some considerations which are necessary to the
forming of a correct judgment. --Macaulay.
7. (Law) The cause which moves a contracting party to enter
into an agreement; the material cause of a contract; the
price of a stripulation; compensation; equivalent.
--Bouvier.
Note: Consideration is what is done, or promised to be done,
in exchange for a promise, and ``as a mere advantage to
the promisor without detriment to the promisee would
not avail, the proper test is detriment to the
promisee.' --Wharton.
Meaning of Consideration from wikipedia
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