the damage

1. The cost or price of something, as in So what's the damage for this outfit? This seemingly modern slangy phrase, with damage alluding to the harm done to one's pocketbook, was first recorded in 1755.

Example Sentences

Wilson observes that while the pain wrought on the S&P 500 so far has been negligible — the index is down just 5% or so from the all-time highs — the damage inflicted “under the hood” has been far more severe with two thirds of the 1,000 largest stocks by market capitalization conceding more than 10%.

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By then, the damage was so advanced that doctors initially told her she might not survive if she left the hospital without a new heart.

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Although she added that Japan’s longstanding position is that issues concerning Taiwan should be resolved peacefully, the damage was done.

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She said: "The BBC Board must now begin the long process of rebuilding the corporation's reputation both at home and abroad, after the damage caused by what has become a seemingly constant stream of crises and missteps."

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The damage from those excruciating defeats to the All Blacks and the Pumas will take a bit of getting over, and captain Sione Tuipulotu was not entertaining any invitations to set his side any targets for the Six Nations.

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