| 单词 | punitive damages |
| 释义 | punitive damages noun[plural] LAWukus(alsoUSpunitives)anamountofmoneythat someone whocommitsacrimehas topay, that isintendedto belargeenough topreventthem orothersfromcommittingsimilarcrimesin thefuture: Thecompanywasorderedtopay€30,000 inpunitivedamages. See alsocompensatory damages exemplary damages Examplesofpunitive damagespunitive damages The damages totalled $159,000 ($3,000 in compensatory damages and $50,000 inpunitivedamagesfor each of three charges). From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Punitivedamagesare also possible, because conversion is an intentional tort. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He was awarded $5.2 million compensatory damages, later reduced to $1.5 million, and $9 million inpunitivedamagesagainst the church. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The father and daughter sought compensatory andpunitivedamages, attorney's fees, and costs of suit. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Punitivedamageswere reduced from $108 million to $4.7 million. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She claimed $250,000 as her share of the house, and another $250,000 inpunitivedamages. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A prayer forpunitivedamagesmust be identified in a separate paragraph. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A separate $15 millionpunitivedamagesaward was reversed by a lower court. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In that case, a taxpayer had received an award ofpunitivedamagesfrom a competitor, and sought to avoid paying taxes on that award. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In addition, they awarded her $2.7 million inpunitivedamages. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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