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Damages   /dˈæmədʒəz/  /dˈæmɪdʒɪz/   Listen
Damages

noun
1.
A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury.  Synonyms: amends, indemnification, indemnity, redress, restitution.


Damage

noun
1.
The occurrence of a change for the worse.  Synonyms: harm, impairment.
2.
Loss of military equipment.  Synonym: equipment casualty.
3.
The act of damaging something or someone.  Synonyms: harm, hurt, scathe.
4.
The amount of money needed to purchase something.  Synonyms: price, terms.  "He got his new car on excellent terms" , "How much is the damage?"
5.
Any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right.  Synonyms: legal injury, wrong.
verb
(past & past part. damaged; pres. part. damaging)
1.
Inflict damage upon.  "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"
2.
Suffer or be susceptible to damage.



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"Damages" Quotes from Famous Books



... what?" said he. "The earth? If they do that, and your six-inch pipe comes out in a Chinaman's back yard, he will sue you for damages." ...
— The Magic Egg and Other Stories • Frank Stockton
... left out a word deserved to be heavily mulcted in damages, it is difficult to calculate the liability of those who left out whole verses. When Archbishop Ussher was hastening to preach at Paul's Cross, he went into a shop to purchase a Bible, and on turning over the pages for his text found it ...
— Literary Blunders • Henry B. Wheatley
... about to surrender the forts to Commodore Porter.[5] In nautical parlance, we were "struck flat aback" by this astounding intelligence. With the forts as a base of operations, we might repeat the effort, if the first were unsuccessful; and would be able to repair damages, if necessary, under shelter of their guns; but with their surrender we were helpless. The capture of the Louisiana would then become, indeed, a mere question of time, without the firing of a gun; for we would have been unable to replenish ...
— The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner • John Wilkinson
... on entering some village at the edge of the desert, sought relaxation from a life of routine by shooting through the windows and spurring his pony into the saloons, it was the young man, commonly known as Bill, who lingered behind to advance money for damages to the windows, or who kept close to the drunken ranger in order to repair the damages Mizzoo had done to ...
— Lahoma • John Breckenridge Ellis
... rascally lawyer, whom the party employed, suggested this story; and as the sentry at the cabin door was a man with a drawn sword, the Americans made no scruple of swearing to this ridiculous falsehood, and commencing prosecutions against him accordingly. They laid their damages at the enormous amount of L40,000; and Nelson was obliged to keep close on board his own ship, lest he should be arrested for a sum for which it would have been impossible to find bail. The marshal frequently came on board to arrest him, but was always ...
— The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson • Robert Southey


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