money damages

noun [plural] (also monetary damages)

Definition

› LAW money ordered by a judge to be paid by a person or organization to someone who has been harmed or lost money as a result of their wrong actions: The agency is seeking unspecified money damages for copyright infringement.

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

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