Damage
Damage (dam"aj; 48) , noun
[Old French damage, domage, French dommage, from assumed Late Latin damnaticum, from Latin damnum damage. See Damn.]
1.
Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet and drinketh damage.
Great errors and absurdities many commit for want of a friend to tell them of them, to the great damage both of their fame and fortune.
2.
(Law) The estimated reparation in money for detriment or injury sustained; a compensation, recompense, or satisfaction to one party, for a wrong or injury actually done to him by another.
In common-law actions, the jury are the proper judges of damages.
Collocations (4)
Consequential damage , See under Consequential.
Exemplary damages (Law) , damages imposed by way of example to others. Similar in purpose to vindictive damages, below.
Nominal damages (Law) , those given for a violation of a right where no actual loss has accrued.
vindictive damages or punitive damages , those given specially for the punishment of the wrongdoer.
Damage (dam"ajd) , transitive verb
[Compare Old French damagier, domagier. See Damage, n.]
To occasion damage to the soundness, goodness, or value of; to hurt; to injure; to impair.
He... came up to the English admiral and gave him a broadside, with which he killed many of his men and damaged the ship.
Damage (dam"aj) , intransitive verb
To receive damage or harm; to be injured or impaired in soundness or value; as, some colors in cloth damage in sunlight.