compensatory damages

noun [plural] (also actual damages)

Definition

› LAW the amount of money that a court orders to be paid to someone in return for something that has been lost or damaged: The plaintiff is seeking $20 million in compensatory damages .

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(Definition of compensatory damages noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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