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in·dem·ni·ty

(ĭn-dĕm′nĭ-tē)

n. pl. in·dem·ni·ties

1. Security against damage, loss, or injury.

2. An exemption from liability for damages resulting from specified conduct, as in a contract indemnifying a party for the performance of certain actions.

3. Compensation for damage, loss, or injury suffered.

[Middle English indempnite, from Anglo-Norman, from Late Latin indemnitās, from Latin indemnis, uninjured; see indemnify.]

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indemnity

(ɪnˈdɛmnɪtɪ)

n, pl -ties

1. (Insurance) compensation for loss or damage; reimbursement

2. (Insurance) protection or insurance against future loss or damage

3. (Law) legal exemption from penalties or liabilities incurred through one's acts or defaults

4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Canada) the salary paid to a member of Parliament or of a legislature

5. (Parliamentary Procedure) act of indemnity an act of Parliament granting exemption to public officers from technical penalties that they may have been compelled to incur

[C15: from Late Latin indemnitās, from indemnis uninjured, from Latin in-¹ + damnum damage]

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in•dem•ni•ty

(ɪnˈdɛm nɪ ti)

n., pl. -ties.

1. protection or security against damage or loss.

2. compensation for damage or loss sustained.

3. legal exemption from penalties attaching to illegal actions.

[1425–75; late Middle English indem(p)nite < Latin indemnitās=indemni(s) without loss (in- in-³ + -demnis, adj. derivative of damnum financial loss) + -tās]

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Noun 1. [画像:indemnity - protection against future loss]indemnity - protection against future loss

insurance

shelter, protection - the condition of being protected; "they were huddled together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home"

2. indemnity - legal exemption from liability for damages

exemption, freedom - immunity from an obligation or duty

3. [画像:indemnity - a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury]indemnity - a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

amends, damages, indemnification, redress, restitution

compensation - something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)

relief - (law) redress awarded by a court; "was the relief supposed to be protection from future harm or compensation for past injury?"

actual damages, compensatory damages, general damages - (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated

nominal damages - (law) a trivial sum (usually 1ドル.00) awarded as recognition that a legal injury was sustained (as for technical violations of a contract)

exemplary damages, punitive damages, smart money - (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)

atonement, expiation, satisfaction - compensation for a wrong; "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store"

indemnity

noun

1. insurance, security, guarantee, protection They had failed to take out full indemnity cover.

2. compensation, remuneration, reparation, satisfaction, redress, restitution, reimbursement, requital The government paid the family an indemnity for the missing pictures.

3. (Law) exemption, immunity, impunity, privilege He was offered indemnity from prosecution in return for his evidence.

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indemnity

noun

Something to make up for loss or damage:

amends, compensation, indemnification, offset, quittance, recompense, redress, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, repayment, requital, restitution, satisfaction, setoff.

Translations

Abstand

assicurazione risarcimento

indemnity

[ɪnˈdemnɪtɪ] N (= compensation) → indemnización f, reparación f; (= insurance) → indemnidad f
double indemnity → doble indemnización f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

indemnity

[ɪnˈdɛmnɪti] n

(= insurance) → assurance f, garantie f

(= compensation) → indemnité f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

indemnity

(= compensation) (for damage, loss etc) → Schadensersatz m, → Entschädigung f, → Abfindung f; (after war) → Wiedergutmachung f

(= insurance) → Versicherung (→ sschutz m) f; deed of indemnity (Jur) → ̃ Versicherungspolice f

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indemnity

[ɪnˈdɛmnɪtɪ] n (see vb) → indennizzo, risarcimento, assicurazione f

in·dem·ni·ty

n. indemnización, resarcimiento;

___ benefits → beneficios de ___;

___ insurance → seguro de ___.

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