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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : dam-ij
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdæm ɪdʒ



Definition of damages

Origin :
  • early 14c., from Old French damagier, from damage (see damage (n.)). Related: Damaged; damaging.
  • noun cost for problem
  • noun injury, loss
  • verb cause injury, loss
Example sentences :
  • And let some everlastin' lawyer sue me out of my last cent for damages.
  • Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The mother is not "next of kin" and can not sue for damages to a minor child.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • If he wanted to be that he'd never have claimed these damages.
  • Extract from : « The Fugitive (Third Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • This fact is, of course, important in an action for damages.
  • Extract from : « The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men » by Francis William Rolt-Wheeler
  • No, it is slavery which made this war, and slavery which must pay the damages.
  • Extract from : « The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V » by James Russell Lowell
  • He restored the cathedral after the damages inflicted by the invaders.
  • Extract from : « The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.]. » by Hartley Withers
  • The result was that The Telegraph obtained a verdict for £100 damages.
  • Extract from : « Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 » by Various
  • They brought in a verdict for Browzer, damages £500, and costs.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 31, 1892 » by Various
  • It's worth—it's worth more than all the damages your sister will get from Mr. Murray.
  • Extract from : « The Drone » by Rutherford Mayne
  • But it now remained to settle before a jury the amount of the damages.
  • Extract from : « The War of Independence » by John Fiske

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