damages

British  

/ ˈdæmɪdʒɪz /

plural noun

1. law money to be paid as compensation to a person for injury, loss, etc

---

Example Sentences

If this legal logic gets used in the other trials and the social media companies lose, the damages will go way beyond $6 million.

From Barron's

If this legal logic gets used in the other trials and the social media companies lose, the damages will go way beyond $6 million.

From Barron's

School districts and more than 40 state Attorneys General have also sued for damages to compensate for social problems allegedly caused by the platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sony and other copyright holders can still sue alleged individual infringers, though potential damages they could get will be less than they might against large internet providers.

From The Wall Street Journal

The study in the journal Nature measures how human-caused warming affects economic growth and assigns a share of global damages to specific emitters -- from major economies to oil giants.

From Barron's