compensatory damages
noun
: money awarded to a victim to make up for an injury, damage, etc.
The patient sued for compensatory damages.
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If you are injured in a car crash and collect $50,000 in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages, the former is tax-free.
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Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
The jury found Vintage Brand had willfully violated trademark law and awarded the school $28,000 in compensatory damages.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 July 2025
The eight-member jury ordered that man, 69-year-old chiropractor David Walls-Kaufman, to pay $380,000 in punitive damages and $60,000 in compensatory damages to Erin Smith for assaulting her husband, Metropolitan Police Officer Jeffrey Smith, inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
—CBS News, 24 June 2025
The lawsuit, filed in North Carolina in May, claims the bank violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and Jones is seeking compensatory damages.
—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2025
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Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
The jury found Vintage Brand had willfully violated trademark law and awarded the school $28,000 in compensatory damages.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 July 2025
The eight-member jury ordered that man, 69-year-old chiropractor David Walls-Kaufman, to pay $380,000 in punitive damages and $60,000 in compensatory damages to Erin Smith for assaulting her husband, Metropolitan Police Officer Jeffrey Smith, inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
—CBS News, 24 June 2025
The lawsuit, filed in North Carolina in May, claims the bank violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and Jones is seeking compensatory damages.
—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for compensatory damages
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“Compensatory damages.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/compensatory%20damages. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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