Definitions for damages
dam·ages

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1. damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redressnoun

   a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

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1. damagesnoun

   The money paid or awarded to a claimant (in England), a pursuer (in Scotland) or a plaintiff (in the US) in a civil action.

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1. Damages

   At common law, damages are a remedy in the form of a monetary award to be paid to a claimant as compensation for loss or injury. To warrant the award, the claimant must show that a breach of duty has caused foreseeable loss. To be recognised at law, the loss must involve damage to property, or mental or physical injury; pure economic loss is rarely recognised for the award of damages.Compensatory damages are further categorized into special damages, which are economic losses such as loss of earnings, property damage and medical expenses, and general damages, which are non-economic damages such as pain and suffering and emotional distress. Rather than being compensatory, at common law damages may instead be nominal, contemptuous or exemplary.

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1. damages

   Damages refer to a sum of money awarded in a legal proceeding as compensation to a person who has suffered loss or injury due to the unlawful act or negligence of another party. It is designed to restore the person who has been harmed to the position they would have been if the harm had not occurred. Damages can be categorized into different types, including compensatory, punitive, nominal, and special damages.

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1. Damages

   of Damage

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1. Damages

   In law, damages are an award, typically of money, to be paid to a person as compensation for loss or injury;. The rules for damages can and frequently do vary based on the type of claim which is presented and the jurisdiction. At common law, damages are categorized into compensatory damages and punitive damages. Compensatory damages are further categorized into special damages, which are economic losses such as loss of earnings, property damage and medical expenses, and general damages, which are noneconomic damages such as pain and suffering and emotional distress.

Matched Categories

1. • Compensation

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'damages' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4113

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How to pronounce damages?

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How to say damages in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of damages in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of damages in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of damages in a Sentence

1. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi:

   Truth never damages a cause that is just.

2. Reinhard Marx:

   Such standard practices will make it clear that it is not transparency which damages the Church, but rather the acts of abuse committed, the lack of transparency, or the ensuing coverup.

3. Lyu Guoqiang:

   China is not America. Our economies are different, but we still need to consider adjusting the damages standards.

4. Elias Syrros:

   Yesterday at 13:30 local time, a war plane bombed the front part of the ship, causing damage and injuring four crew members, of whom two died, there is no oil leakage, the ship's integrity was not compromised. Damages are being assessed.

5. Michael Burger:

   This is now, I think, the tenth lawsuit of the sort that has been filed in the United States against fossil fuel companies seeking damages for costs associated with climate change impacts.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=damages
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Damages
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damages
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/damages
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=damages
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=damages