The phrase "a small compensation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a minor payment or reward given in exchange for something, such as work or a service.
Example: "Although the project was demanding, the company offered a small compensation for the extra hours worked."
Alternatives: "a modest payment" or "a minor reward".
In turn United will be liable for a small compensation fee for Pereira's services.
(In the end, Toysmart's new majority owner, a subsidiary of Disney, agreed to pay the creditors a small compensation fee and destroy the database).
"It was a shock but we had a good laugh about it," Rosenior said, before saying there was a small compensation arrangement.
Kathleen Sebelius is on it (a small compensation for her Jayhawks' loss in the N.C.A.A. tournament), and so did five senators; eight congressmen; two staff members, Nancy-Ann DeParle (Obama called her "one of the unsung heroes of this effort") and Phil Schiliro; and Vicki Kennedy.
For Mrs. Clinton, the pride in the diplomats' work is a small compensation for a difficult week in which she has discussed the WikiLeaks case with more than two dozen foreign leaders, working to soothe bruised egos and explain how the security breach happened.
People living in the reserve soon were referred to as Remote Area Dwellers, and by 2002, all but a few dozen Bushmen had left the ancestral land, many of them lured by a small compensation of cash and cattle, others insisting they were threatened into submission.
At the very least, you will probably end up accepting a smaller compensation package than you might have received.
But if it becomes a lower-level, more administrative job, with a smaller compensation package, you're looking at recruiting an academic or a former government official or someone who is altruistic and wants to help Fannie through the process, something more like a government service position".
Eventually, I was offered a very small compensation but I could not live on it, so I found more work and balanced my jobs, my studies and my family responsibilities.
But Torre and club officials have such regard for the pitcher that they offered him a job for the 2001 season, albeit for relatively small compensation: a base salary of $500,000, plus the incentives that would likely be based on innings or starts.
And so for loyal customers who have shopped at the store for 10, 20, 30 or more years, saving a bit on a baby stroller or new dish set is small compensation for a greater loss.
