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The paper tackles problems connected with definition ol the concept of compensation of retail price hikes and there is made an attempt at classification of the compensation from view point of different criteria of division. The author proceeds from the assumption that determination of the phenomenon of the retail price hikes compensation is of gnosiologicals ignificance and constitutes a prerequisite of appropriate utilization of this phenomenon in the economic practice. It has been determined that the concept of the retail price hikes compensation should be understood as a process aiming at neutralization (cushioning) or full elimination of losses suffered by the population due to the above mentioned price hikes. Class ification of compensation has been carried out according to the following criteria: 1) according to compensation methods, 2) according to income brackets of the population, 3) from the view point of the compensation degree, 4) from the time viewpoint, 5) from the view point of the operation mechanism.