the act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention.-attentive respect; appreciative regard; -- used especially in diplomatic or stately correspondence.-thoughtful or sympathetic regard or notice.-claim to notice or regard; some degree of importance or consequence.-the result of delibration, or of attention and examonation; matured opinion; a reflection; as, considerations on the choice of a profession.-that which is, or should be, taken into account as a ground of opinion or action; motive; reason.-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.