Definition of consideration
- n. - The act or process of considering; continuous
careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention.
- n. - Attentive respect; appreciative regard; -- used
especially in diplomatic or stately correspondence.
- n. - Thoughtful or sympathetic regard or notice.
- n. - Claim to notice or regard; some degree of importance
or consequence.
- n. - The result of delibration, or of attention and
examonation; matured opinion; a reflection; as, considerations on the
choice of a profession.
- n. - That which is, or should be, taken into account as a
ground of opinion or action; motive; reason.
- n. - 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.