Entschädigen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- indemnification noun The act of protecting someone against a loss, an injury or a penalty.
- indemnify verb To protect someone against future loss or damage, as an insurer does.
- recompense noun Payment or reward given in return for something done, lost, or suffered.
Senses
Entschädigen is used for these senses in English:
- indemnification The act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty.
- indemnify (chiefly, legal) To compensate or reimburse someone for some expense or injury.
- make whole (transitive, finance, legal) To provide (someone), especially under the terms of a legal judgment or an agreement, with financial compensation for lost money or other lost assets.
- recompense (transitive) To give (something) in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved.
indemnification — full definition
- noun The act of protecting someone against a loss, an injury or a penalty.
- noun Money paid to someone to make up for a loss, an injury or a penalty.
- noun The state of having been protected against a loss or an injury.
- noun Something that protects a person against loss or injury.
indemnify — full definition
- verb To protect someone against future loss or damage, as an insurer does.
- verb To pay someone back for a cost or harm they have suffered.
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