dam·age (d m  j)n. 1. Harm or injury to property or a person, resulting in loss of value or the impairment of usefulness. 2. damages Law Money ordered to be paid as compensation for injury or loss. 3. Informal Cost; price. v. dam·aged, dam·ag·ing, dam·ag·es v.tr. To cause damage to. v.intr. To suffer or be susceptible to damage. [Middle English, from Old French : dam, loss (from Latin damnum) + -age, -age.] dam  age·a·bili·ty n.dam age·a·ble adj.dam ag·ing·ly adv. |
damages [ˈdæmɪdʒɪz]
pl n
(Law) Law money to be paid as compensation to a person for injury, loss, etc.
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| Noun | 1. |  damages - a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injurycompensation - something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) relief - (law) redress awarded by a court; "was the relief supposed to be protection from future harm or compensation for past injury?" actual damages, compensatory damages, general damages - (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated nominal damages - (law) a trivial sum (usually $1.00) awarded as recognition that a legal injury was sustained (as for technical violations of a contract) exemplary damages, punitive damages, smart money - (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct) atonement, expiation, satisfaction - compensation for a wrong; "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store" |
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