damages

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdæmɪdʒɪz/

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• Hyphenation: dam‧ag‧es

Verb

damages

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of damage

Noun

1. (law) The money paid or awarded to a claimant (in England), a pursuer (in Scotland) or a plaintiff (in the US) in a civil action as compensation for a loss suffered by the same.

Derived terms

• aggravated damages
• consequential damages
• contemptuous damages
• exemplary damages
• general damages
• liquidated damages
• nominal damages
• punitive damages
• special damages

Translations

money awarded to a claimant

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 賠償金／赔偿金 (zh) (péichángjīn), 赔偿金 (zh) (péichángjīn)

• Danish: skadeserstatning c
• Dutch: schadevergoeding (nl) f
• Finnish: vahingonkorvaus
• French: dommages-intérêts (fr) m pl
• German: Schadenersatz (de) m, Schadensersatz (de) m
• Greek: αποζημίωση (el) f (apozimíosi)

  Ancient Greek: ἀμοιβή f (amoibḗ)

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• Icelandic: skaðabætur f pl
• Italian: risarcimento dei danni m
• Norwegian: erstatning f
• Polish: odszkodowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: ressarcimento de danos m
• Spanish: resarcimiento de daños m
• Swedish: skadestånd (sv) n
• Thai: ค่าเสียหาย (th) (kâa-sǐia-hǎai)