被害額(ひがいがく)

ひがいがく
noun
amount of damage; losses in monetary terms
moneyquantity
1. amount of damage; value of losses suffered
The monetary value of harm suffered from a disaster, accident, theft, or fraud. Standard vocabulary in news reports and insurance paperwork.
被害額(ひがいがく)はまだ分(わ)からない。
The amount of damage is not yet known.
台風(たいふう)の被害額(ひがいがく)は百億円(ひゃくおくえん)を超(こ)えた。
The damage from the typhoon exceeded ten billion yen.
Police announced that the losses in this fraud case came to about thirty million yen.

被害(ひがい) (damage, harm) plus 額(がく) (sum, amount of money). Always about money — for physical extent of damage, use 被害(ひがい)状況(じょうきょう) or 被害(ひがい)の規模(きぼ).

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