Usually means: Compensation exceeding simple reimbursement costs.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. punitive damages: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. punitive damages: Merriam-Webster
  3. punitive damages: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. punitive damages: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. punitive damages: Collins English Dictionary
  6. punitive damages: Vocabulary.com
  7. punitive-damages: Wordnik
  8. punitive damages: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. punitive damages: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. punitive damages: Dictionary.com
  11. Punitive damages: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. punitive damages: Rhymezone
  13. punitive damages: FreeDictionary.org
  14. punitive damages: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. punitive damages: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. punitive damages: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  3. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  4. punitive damages: Law.com Dictionary
  5. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  7. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  8. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  9. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  10. Punitive Damages: Investopedia
  11. punitive damages: Legal dictionary
  12. punitive damages: Financial dictionary
  13. Glossary of Labor & Legal Terminology (No longer online)
  14. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. punitive damages: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. punitive damages: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wikipedia (Punitive damages)

noun:  Punitive damages, or exemplary damages, are damages assessed in order to punish the defendant for outrageous conduct and/or to reform or deter the defendant and others from engaging in conduct similar to that which formed the basis of the lawsuit.


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