Consideration

Definition of Consideration

Con`sid`er`a´tion Pronunciation: kǒn`sĭd`ẽr`ā´shŭn

n.	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.

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