damages

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdæmɪdʒɪz/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: dam‧ag‧es

Verb

damages

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of damage

Noun

damages pl (plural only)

(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 (zh), 赔偿金 (zh) (péichángjīn)
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)

Italian: risarcimento dei danni m
Polish: odszkodowanie (pl) n
Portuguese: ressarcimento de danos m
Spanish: resarcimiento de daños m
Thai: ค่าเสียหาย (th) (kâa-sǐia-hǎai)

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