Consideration
Consideration [1]
(1):
(n.) Attentive respect; appreciative regard; - used especially in diplomatic or stately correspondence.
(2):
(n.) The act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention.
(3):
(n.) Thoughtful or sympathetic regard or notice.
(4):
(n.) Claim to notice or regard; some degree of importance or consequence.
(5):
(n.) The result of delibration, or of attention and examonation; matured opinion; a reflection; as, considerations on the choice of a profession.
(6):
(n.) That which is, or should be, taken into account as a ground of opinion or action; motive; reason.
(7):
(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.