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Definition: Damages |
DamagesNoun1. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "damages" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Economics | 1. A loss or harm to a person or their property. 2. The pecuniary compensation or indemnity which may be recovered by any person who has suffered loss, detriment or injury to his person, property or rights through the unlawful act, omission, or negligence of another. (references) |
Law | Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Generally, there are three kinds of damages: special damages, general damages, and punitive damages. Special damages are the enumerable or quantifiable monetary costs or losses suffered by the plaintiff, or the compensation therefore. For example, medical costs, repair or replacement of damaged property, lost wages, lost earning potential, loss of business, loss of irreplaceable items, loss of support, etc. General damages are items of harm or loss suffered, for which only a subjective value may be attached. Examples of this might be pain, physical suffering, emotional trauma or suffering, loss of companionship, loss of consortium, disfigurement, loss of reputation, loss or impairment of mental or physical capacity, loss of enjoyment of life, etc.
A special case is punitive damages. Generally, punitive damages are not awarded in order to compensate the plaintiff, but in order to reform or deter the defendant and similar persons from pursuing a course of action such as that which damaged the plaintiff. Punitive damages are awarded only in special cases. Great judicial restraint is expected to be exercised in their application.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Damages."
Synonyms: DamagesSynonyms: amends (n), indemnification (n), indemnity (n), redress (n), restitution (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Acquittal | No cause for action; no damages. |
Penalty | Fine, mulct, amercement; forfeit, forfeiture; escheat, damages, deodand, sequestration, confiscation, premunire; doomage. |
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Screenplays | I hope you realise I'm holding you personally responsible for any and all damages done to these premises! (Soap; writing credit: Jos Gevers; Jeroom Verten) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Damages for Breach (1919) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Alcohol Kills Your Brain Damages Your Heart Ruins Your Liver : Fight Alcohol.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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John Locke | 1690 | The right then of conquest extends only to the lives of those who joined in the war, not to their estates, but only in order to make reparation for the damages received, and the charges of the war, and that too with reservation of the right of the innocent wife and children. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Germany shall be obliged to make to the European Commission of the Danube all restitutions, reparations and indemnities for damages inflicted on the Commission during the war. (reference) |
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Health | However, the disease process in diabetes also damages the heart muscle. (references) | |
It is not certain whether marijuana damages the immune system of people. (references) | ||
When the ducts are damaged, bile builds up in the liver and damages liver tissue. (references) | ||
Business | Producers are responsible for damages caused by defective equipment. (references) | |
EU law is currently investigating a possible damages system for those who break a contract. (references) | ||
The acts also contain provisions for damages in the event people are harmed as a result of a polluting activity. (references) | ||
Children | Australia | The law also provides for investigation of discrimination complaints by the HREOC, authorizes fines against violators, and awards damages to victims of discrimination. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Czech Republic | This second arbitration panel had not reached a decision on damages by year's end. (references) |
Trinidad and Tobago | In November 2000, a court found the Prime Minister guilty of libel and ordered him to pay damages to Gordon. (references) | |
Economic History | Algeria | The floods caused an estimated $350 million in damages. (references) |
Saudi Arabia | Non-material damages and interest are not included in monetary judgments. (references) | |
New Zealand | Those who infringe on patent rights are liable for damages and other penalties. (references) | |
Human Rights | United Kingdom | It awarded financial damages to the families of the victims. (references) |
Morocco | All three requested damages of approximately $90,000 (1 million dirhams). (references) | |
China | Many citizens have used the State Compensation Law during the year to sue for damages. (references) | |
Minorities | United Kingdom | Victims of employment discrimination may sue for damages. (references) |
Ukraine | On March 15, a Kiev court ordered that the newspaper pay damages of approximately $550 (3,000 hryvnia) to each author and that Naiman pay $1,100 (6,000 hryvnia) to the newspaper. (references) | |
Tanzania | In 1994 the High Court ruled that three of the plaintiffs had the right to return to their land and awarded them damages of $25 (20,000 shillings), $75 (60,000 shillings), and $250 (200,000 shillings) respectively. (references) | |
Political Economy | JAPAN | The absence of a system of statutory damages is also a problem. (references) |
JAMAICA | Remedies available include injunctions, damages, seizure and disposal/destruction of infringing goods. (references) | |
JAPAN | Effective January 2001, Japan raised the level of punitive damages for software piracy from 3 million yen to 100 million yen. (references) | |
Political Rights | Singapore | Jeyaretnam also owes other PAP-linked politicians, including the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, portions of defamation damages from previous cases. (references) |
Singapore | In July J.B. Jeyaretnam, an opposition nonelected M.P. from the WP lost an appeal in a defamation suit and was declared bankrupt for failure to pay the damages awarded against him in previous years. (references) | |
Armenia | At year's end, four cases had not been resolved, three had been closed because the perpetrators appeared to be juveniles, six cases had been closed because the perpetrators agreed to pay compensation for damages, and one case had been sent to court. (references) | |
Trade | Switzerland | ERG coverage does not include nonpayment of private debtors, damages due to complaints about defective goods delivered or services rendered, or losses incurred due to revaluation of the Swiss franc. (references) |
Women | Bahrain | Courts reportedly have allowed victims who do appear to sue for damages, return home, or both. (references) |
Sweden | Employers who do not investigate and intervene against harassment at work may be obliged to pay damages to the victim. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Cyprus | Victims may sue traffickers for damages. (references) |
Croatia | If a strike is found to be illegal, any participant may be dismissed and the union held liable for damages. (references) | |
Japan | In July and August, the Tokyo and Kyoto District Courts ordered the Government to pay damages in two separate cases. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RESPOND, v.i. To make answer, or disclose otherwise a consciousness of having inspired an interest in what Herbert Spencer calls "external coexistences," as Satan "squat like a toad" at the ear of Eve, responded to the touch of the angel's spear. To respond in damages is to contribute to the maintenance of the plaintiff's attorney and, incidentally, to the gratification of the plaintiff. |
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Rush Limbaugh | Accountants also won the elimination of joint and severe liability, which holds any single defendant in a lawsuit liable for all the damages. |
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John Adams | 1797-1801 | A considerable number of other claims, where costs and damages, and not captured property, were the only objects in question, have been decided by arbitration, and the sums awarded to the citizens of the United States have also been paid. |
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| "Damages" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 94.71% of the time. "Damages" is used about 1,927 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 94.71% | 1,825 | 4,651 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 5.29% | 102 | 32,309 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,927 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "damages": action for damages ♦ actual damages ♦ claim damages ♦ claim for damages ♦ compensatory damages ♦ damages nominal ♦ divided damages ♦ double damages ♦ Exemplary damages ♦ for damages ♦ general damages ♦ liable to pay damages ♦ liquidated damages ♦ no damages ♦ nominal damages ♦ punitive damages ♦ recover damages from smb. ♦ recovery of damages ♦ respond in damages ♦ sue smb. for damages ♦ To sound in damages ♦ treble damages ♦ unliquidated damages ♦ vindictive damages. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "damages": damages-was. | |
Ending with "damages": punitive-damages, trial-damages. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
damages | 90 |
punitive damages | 68 |
liquidated damages | 22 |
compensatory damages | 16 |
consequential damages | 10 |
treble damages | 9 |
economic damages | 6 |
mitigation of damages | 6 |
damages definition punitive | 6 |
age discrimination and damages | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "damages"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shpenzim (costs, damage, exes, expenditure, expense, expenses, outgo, outgoings, outlay, rate, wastage). (various references) | |
Arabic | خسائر (casualties, havoc, losses, spoil). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | вреди и загуби, обезщетение (amends, come back, compensation, cover, indemnification, indemnity, offset, recompense, recoupment, redress, reparation, satisfaction, solatium). (various references) | |
Chinese | 索 (compensation), 损伤 (Damage, Detriment, Detrimental, impairment). (various references) | |
Czech | odškodné (amends, award, recompense, reparation, severance pay), náhrada škody. (various references) | |
Danish | skadeserstatning (accident insurance claim, consequential damage, indemnity). (various references) | |
Dutch | schadevergoeding (consequential damage, indemnity, recompense for damage, redress for damages to tangible property), schaden en interessen (consequential damage, indemnity), schadeloosstelling (compensation, consequential damage, indemnity). (various references) | |
Finnish | vahingonkorvaus (compensation, consequential damage, indemnification, indemnity). (various references) | |
French | dommages-intérêts (consequential damage), dommages et intérêts (consequential damage), dégâts. (various references) | |
German | schadensersatz (compensation, consequential damage, indemnity), schadenersatz (amends, compensation, consequential damage, damage, indemnification, indemnity, recompense for damage, restitution), Schäden (detriments, harms). (various references) | |
Greek | αποζημίωση (allocation, allowance, amends, benefit, bonus, compensation, compensation for, consequential damage, indemnification, indemnity, pay, recompense, recoupment, redress, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, restitution). (various references) | |
Hebrew | פצוי (compensation, indemnification, indemnity, offset, pacification), זיקין (injuries, torts). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kártérítés (compensation, indemnity, recompense, recovery, relief, restitution), kárösszeg. (various references) | |
Italian | danni e interessi (consequential damage, indemnity), danni (breakage, mayhem), indennizzo (amendments, compensation, indemnification, indemnity, recoupment, refund, reimbursement, replacement, substitution). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 損害 償 (payment of damages, reparation for injury). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きゅうしょう (ancient laws, claim for damages, former title, good omen, old name), そ"がいがく (amount of damages or loss), そ"がいばいしょう (compensation for damages, restitution), き"せ"てきダメージ (monetary damages), せ"か (elective course or subject, fruit of battle, Hades, military gains, ravages of war, selected poems, selection of poems, sorting fruit, specialized course, the hereafter, war, war damages, war results), い"う (prolonged rain which damages crops). (various references) | |
Korean | 손상 (Damage, Damaging, impairment). (various references) | |
Norwegian | injurieerstatning (libel damages). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | amagesday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | danos, indenização por perdas e danos, indemnização por perdas e danos (consequential damage, indemnity). (various references) | |
Romanian | despãgubire (amends, compensation, consideration, indemnification, indemnity, recoupment, redress, reimbursement, remedy, remuneration, reparation, restitution, retrieval, satisfaction, set off, vindictive damages), pretinde despãgubiri (claim damages), obţinere de daune interese (recovery of damages), obţine daune interese de la cineva (recover damages from smb.), fi rãspunzãtor pentru daune (respond in damages). (various references) | |
Russian | убытки (damage, material losses). (various references) | |
Spanish | daños y perjuicios (consequential damage, indemnity). (various references) | |
Swedish | skadestånd (compensation, consequential damage, indemnity). (various references) | |
Turkish | zarar ziyan, tazminat (amends, award, compensation, guerdon, indemnification, indemnity, recompense, redress, reparations, return). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "damages": endamages, redamages. (additional references) | |
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"Damages" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: admags, Camaguey, damades, Damajan, Damange, damanges, Damareta, damge, damige, Dammage, dampage, demage, dimages, dolmades, dommage, Dormagen, Gammages. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "damages" (pronounced da"mujuz) |
| 5 | -m u j u z | images, plumages. |
| 4 | -u j u z | cabbages, cartridges, dosages, forages, languages, linkages, messages, mortgages, packages, passages, privileges, savages, shortages, tonnages, usages, voltages, voyages. |
| 3 | -j u z | acknowledges, advantages, ages, alleges, appendages, arranges, arrearages, averages, badges, bandages, barges, beverages, binges, blockages, bridges, brokerages, bulges, cages, carriages, centrifuges, challenges, changes, charges, colleges, cottages, countercharges, coverages, cringes, dinges, disadvantages, discharges, discourages, diverges, dodges, dredges, edges, emerges, encourages, engages, enlarges, envisages, exchanges, flanges, Forges, fringes, fuselages, gauges, gorges, granges, grudges, hedges, heritages, hinges, hostages, impinges, indulges, infringes, interchanges, judges, ledges, lineages, lodges, loges, lounges, lozenges, lunges, macrophages, mages, maharajahs, manages, manges, marriages, merges, midges, miscarriages, mischarges, misjudges, mismanages, ninjas, nudges, obliges, oranges, orphanages, outages, outrages, overcharges, pages, partridges, percentages, pilgrimages, pillages, pledges, plunges, porterages, presages, purges, rages, rampages, ranges, ravages, refuges, repackages, ridges, sages, sausages, scourges, sieges, sponges, stages, stockbrokerages, stooges, stoppages, surcharges, surges, syringes, trudges, urges, vantages, verges, vestiges, villages, vintages, wages, wantages, wedges. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-g-m-s" | |
-1 letter: adages, damage. | |
-2 letters: adage, agmas, dames, degas, egads, gamas, gamed, games, mages, meads. | |
-3 letters: agas, aged, ages, agma, amas, asea, dags, dame, dams, egad, gads, gaed, gaes, gama, game, gams, geds, gems, made, mads, maes, mage, mags, mead, megs, mesa, sade, saga, sage, same, seam. | |
-4 letters: aas, ads, aga, age, ama, dag, dam, eds, ems, gad, gae, gam, gas, ged, gem, mad, mae, mag, mas, med, meg, sad, sae, sag, sea, seg. | |
-5 letters: aa, ad, ae, ag, am, as, de, ed, em, es, ma, me. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-g-m-s" | |
+1 letter: damagers, gambades, massaged, smaragde. | |
+2 letters: amygdales, decagrams, dekagrams, endamages, gambadoes, grandames, magdalens, megadeals, redamages, smaragdes. | |
+3 letters: magdalenes, megadeaths, mismanaged, smaragdine, smaragdite. | |
+4 letters: admeasuring, damascening, dramaturges, grandmaster, mastheading, mispackaged, smaragdites. | |
+5 letters: desquamating, diamagnetism, disambiguate, dramaturgies, grandmasters, masquerading, miscataloged. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 61 6D 61 67 65 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .- -- .- --. . ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100001 01101101 01100001 01100111 01100101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D a m a g e s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0061 006D 0061 0067 0065 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38677967737185 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Historic 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Quotations: Spoken 10. Quotations: Speeches 11. Usage Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Derivations 16. Rhymes | 17. Anagrams 18. Orthography 19. Bibliography |
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