"indemnity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈdɛmnɪti/ Audio: en-us-indemnity.ogg Forms: indemnities [plural]
Etymology: From late Middle English indempnite, from Middle French indemnité, from Late Latin indemnitās (“security from damage”), from Latin indemnis (“undamaged”), from in- (“not”) + damnum (“damage”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*deh₂p-}}, {{inh|en|enm|indempnite}} Middle English indempnite, {{der|en|frm|indemnité}} Middle French indemnité, {{der|en|LL.|indemnitās||security from damage}} Late Latin indemnitās (“security from damage”), {{der|en|la|indemnis||undamaged}} Latin indemnis (“undamaged”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} indemnity (countable and uncountable, plural indemnities)
  1. Security from damage, loss, or penalty. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-indemnity-en-noun-2kYD9V9a
  2. (law) An obligation or duty upon an individual to incur the losses of another. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations (obligation or duty): korvausvelvollisuus (Finnish), garantie [feminine] (French), cúiteamh [masculine] (Irish), slánú [masculine] (Irish), indenidade [feminine] (Portuguese), odškodné [neuter] (Slovak), odškodnina [feminine] (Slovene), nadomestilo [neuter] (Slovene)
    Sense id: en-indemnity-en-noun-J7bry2co Categories (other): Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 21 6 36 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 8 23 7 35 28 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'obligation or duty': 1 92 1 3 3
  3. Repayment; compensation for loss or injury. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (repayment): обезщетение (obezštetenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), компенсация (kompensacija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), indemnització [feminine] (Catalan), 賠款 (Chinese Mandarin), 赔款 (péikuǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), korvaus (Finnish), hyvitys (Finnish), vahingonkorvaus (Finnish), maksunpalautus (Finnish), indemnité [feminine] (French), Erstattung [feminine] (German), Rückzahlung [feminine] (German), Kompensation [feminine] (German), kártérítés (Hungarian), kártalanítás (Hungarian), jóvátétel (Hungarian), slánú [masculine] (Irish), индемнитет (indemnitet) (Kazakh), өтем (ötem) (Kazakh), өтемақы (ötemaqy) (Kazakh), о́тштета (ótšteta) [feminine] (Macedonian), indempnite (Middle English), indenização [feminine] (Portuguese), indenidade [feminine] (Portuguese), компенса́ция (kompensácija) [feminine] (Russian), возмеще́ние (vozmeščénije) [neuter] (Russian), вы́плата (výplata) [feminine] (Russian), контрибу́ция (kontribúcija) (english: war indemnity) [feminine] (Russian), indemnización [feminine] (Spanish), skadeersättning [common-gender] (Swedish), ersättning [common-gender] (Swedish), kompensation [common-gender] (Swedish), tazminat (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-indemnity-en-noun-NYs~3-ns Disambiguation of 'repayment': 1 1 96 2 1
  4. (law) The right of an injured party to shift the loss onto the party responsible for the loss. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations (right): oikeus vahingonkorvaukseen (Finnish), cúiteamh [masculine] (Irish), гара́нтия от убы́тков (garántija ot ubýtkov) [feminine] (Russian), гара́нтия от поте́рь (garántija ot potérʹ) [feminine] (Russian), индемните́т (indɛmnitét) [masculine] (Russian), индемните́т (indemnitét) [masculine] (Russian), освобожде́ние (osvoboždénije) (english: exemption) [neuter] (Russian)
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  5. (insurance) A principle of insurance which provides that when a loss occurs, the insured should be restored to the approximate financial condition occupied before the loss occurred, no better, no worse. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Insurance Translations (insurance: principle): korvausvelvollisuus (Finnish), compensation [feminine] (French), Schadloshaltung [feminine] (German), Indemnität [feminine] (German), indemnitas (Indonesian), cúiteamh [masculine] (Irish), indemniti (Malay), индемните́т (indemnitét) [masculine] (Russian), zavarovanje [neuter] (Slovene), indemnidad [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-indemnity-en-noun-BL7-Zx0C Categories (other): Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 21 6 36 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 8 23 7 35 28 Topics: business, insurance Disambiguation of 'insurance: principle': 0 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: indemnity costs Related terms: indemnify, damage, double indemnity

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "repayment",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ersättning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "repayment",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kompensation"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "repayment",
      "word": "tazminat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "right",
      "word": "oikeus vahingonkorvaukseen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "right",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cúiteamh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "garántija ot ubýtkov",
      "sense": "right",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гара́нтия от убы́тков"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "garántija ot potérʹ",
      "sense": "right",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гара́нтия от поте́рь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "indɛmnitét",
      "sense": "right",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "индемните́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "indemnitét",
      "sense": "right",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "индемните́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "exemption",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osvoboždénije",
      "sense": "right",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "освобожде́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "insurance: principle",
      "word": "korvausvelvollisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "insurance: principle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "compensation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "insurance: principle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schadloshaltung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "insurance: principle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Indemnität"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "insurance: principle",
      "word": "indemnitas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "insurance: principle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cúiteamh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "insurance: principle",
      "word": "indemniti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "indemnitét",
      "sense": "insurance: principle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "индемните́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "insurance: principle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zavarovanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "insurance: principle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "indemnidad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "indemnity"
}

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