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liquidated damages

 
 
noun [plural]

Definition

LAW in a written agreement, a sum of money that one person, organization, etc. will pay to the other if the agreement is broken: He agreed to pay liquidated damages of nearly $1.4 million.
(Definition of liquidated damages noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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