exemplary damages
noun [plural] UK LAWDefinition
› an amount of money that someone who commits an offence has to pay, which is intended to be large enough to prevent them or others from committing similar offences in the future: He is demanding exemplary damages for breach of privacy. → See also punitive damages
(Definition of exemplary damages noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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