損害賠償(そんがいばいしょう)

そんがいばいしょう
noun
compensation for damages; damages
formallegallawmoney
1. compensation for damages; damages
Money paid, usually by order of a court or by agreement, to make up for harm or loss one has caused another person.
損害賠償(そんがいばいしょう)を求(もと)める。
To seek compensation for damages.
会社(かいしゃ)は損害賠償(そんがいばいしょう)を支払(しはら)った。
The company paid damages.
The accident victim filed a lawsuit claiming damages from the driver.

損害(そんがい) (damage, loss) + 賠償(ばいしょう) (compensation). The legal term for paying for harm one has caused.

Common collocations

  • 損害賠償(そんがいばいしょう)を請求(せいきゅう)する: to claim damages
  • 損害賠償請求(そんがいばいしょうせいきゅう): claim for damages
  • 損害賠償(そんがいばいしょう)を命(めい)じる: (a court) to order damages

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