vederlag

veder- +‎ lag. From Middle Low German wedderlach, wedderlage

vederlag n (definite singular vederlaget, indefinite plural vederlag, definite plural vederlaga or vederlagene)

1. compensation, recompense

• “vederlag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “vederlag” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Middle Low German wedderlach, wedderlage.

vederlag n (definite singular vederlaget, indefinite plural vederlag, definite plural vederlaga)

1. compensation, recompense

• “vederlag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

veder- +‎ lag

vederlag n

1. a compensation, a payment
2. (architecture) a support; a part of a brick wall, that supports an arch or a vault

• Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.

• vederlagsfri
• vederlagsjord
• vederlagsmur

• vederlag in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)