damages

damages

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdæmɪd͡ʒɪz/

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• Hyphenation: dam‧ag‧es

Verb

damages

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of damage

Noun

damages pl (plural only)

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.
   • 2020, Anu Bradford, “8. Is the Brussels Effect Beneficial?”, in The Brussels Effect. How the European Union Rules the World, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 260:

     The WTO dispute settlement mechanism is characterized by weaknesses such as non-retroactive damages.

Derived terms

• aggravated damages
• consequential damages
• contemptuous damages
• exemplary damages
• general damages
• hedonic damages
• liquidated damages
• nominal damages
• punitive damages
• special damages
• speculative damages
• unliquidated damages

 

Translations

money awarded to a claimant

Breton: dic'haouioù m pl Chinese: Mandarin: 賠償金／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) 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 Tagalog: bayad-pinsala, danyos perhuwisyos, danyos Thai: ค่าเสียหาย (th) (kâa-sǐia-hǎai) Welsh: iawndal m

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Middle English

Noun

damages

1. plural of damage