damages
Court-awarded money
Damages is the legal term for money awarded to compensate someone who has been wronged.
A court orders damages after finding liability for injury, breach of contract, or other harm: The jury awarded her $2 million in damages.
Punitive damages go beyond compensation to punish egregious conduct.
Outside legal contexts, damages sometimes means costs or expenses informally: What's the damages?
Resolved dispute or colony
- verdictOfficial court decision
- lawsuitCivil court proceeding
- claimantOne asserting entitlement
- awardHonor given for merit
compensation · liability · judgment · plaintiff · defendant · negligence · breach · tort
Payment for incurred expenses
- indemnityProtection against financial loss
- reparationCompensation for injury done
- payoutMoney distributed to recipient
- redressCompensation for injury
restitution · remuneration · recoupment · recovery · recompense · refund · amends · satisfaction
Act of completely ruining
- lossBeing without something
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
vandalism · deterioration · impairment · detriment · havoc · spoilage · defacement · desecration
Estimation of worth
- valuationAssessment of monetary worth
- estimateInformed guess at quantity
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- surveySystematic data collection
claim · adjuster · evaluation · calculation · documentation · inventory · repair · replacement
settlement
Resolved dispute or colony
award · compensation · liability · judgment · plaintiff · defendant · negligence · breach · tort · punitive
reimbursement
Payment for incurred expenses
- indemnityProtection against financial loss
- reparationCompensation for injury done
- payoutMoney distributed to recipient
redress · restitution · remuneration · recoupment · recovery · recompense · refund · amends · satisfaction · indemnification
destruction
Act of completely ruining
- lossBeing without something
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
ruin · vandalism · deterioration · impairment · detriment · havoc · spoilage · defacement · desecration · wear
appraisal
Estimation of worth
- valuationAssessment of monetary worth
- estimateInformed guess at quantity
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
survey · claim · adjuster · evaluation · calculation · documentation · inventory · repair · replacement · cost
- legal termstrial, legal, appeal, lawsuit, law
- Hammurabi's Codeeye for an eye, stele, cuneiform, Babylon, property law
- legal obligationstaxes, paying taxes, fines, debt, contract signing
- tort lawtort, tort law, negligence, duty of care, breach of duty
- Contract Issuesbreach, violation, default, termination, cancellation
- Contract disputesbreach, nonpayment, fraud, misrepresentation, termination
damagesinjunction
Court-ordered behavioral requirement
restraining order · criminal penalties · imprisonment · incarceration · jail time
damagesrepairs
Restorative maintenance work
restoration · reconstruction · improvements · remediation · healing
damageswages
Payment for work
earnings · salary · compensation · payment · remuneration
- brain damageHarm to neural tissue
- water damageDestruction from liquid intrusion
- damage controlLimiting further harm
- damaged goodsItems unfit for full price
- sun damageHarm from UV exposure
- the damage is doneConsequences are now permanent