compensatory damages
noun
: money awarded to a victim to make up for an injury, damage, etc.
The patient sued for compensatory damages.
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After the jury awarded the $5 million in compensatory damages, the two sides began a separate hearing to determine punitive damages.
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Gene Maddaus, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
Trump's impact Alexander Kestenbaum, a Harvard Divinity School student and plaintiff in the Students Against Antisemitism lawsuit, did not settle and will keep seeking compensatory damages.
—Jonathan Stempel, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
The plaintiffs in all five lawsuits are represented by attorney Danny Soong and seek unspecified punitive damages against Tran’s estate and unspecified compensatory damages against the studio.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Barring that, Denver is asking that the $14 million in compensatory damages that a jury awarded to a dozen plaintiffs be reduced.
—Max Levy, The Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2025
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Gene Maddaus, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
Trump's impact Alexander Kestenbaum, a Harvard Divinity School student and plaintiff in the Students Against Antisemitism lawsuit, did not settle and will keep seeking compensatory damages.
—Jonathan Stempel, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
The plaintiffs in all five lawsuits are represented by attorney Danny Soong and seek unspecified punitive damages against Tran’s estate and unspecified compensatory damages against the studio.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Barring that, Denver is asking that the $14 million in compensatory damages that a jury awarded to a dozen plaintiffs be reduced.
—Max Levy, The Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Compensatory damages.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/compensatory%20damages. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
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