English-Thai Dictionary

indemnity

N ค่าปรับ  ค่าชดเชย  ค่า ชดใช้  renumeration repayment ka-prab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INDEMNITY

n.[L. in and damnum, loss. ] 1. Security given to save harmless; a writing or pledge by which a person is secured against future loss.
2. Security against punishment.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INDEMNITY

In *dem "ni *ty, n.; pl. Indemnities. Etym: [L. indemnitas, fr. indemnis uninjured: cf. F. indemnité. See Indemnify. ]

 

1. Security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage, past or to come; immunity from penalty, or the punishment of past offenses; amnesty. Having first obtained a promise of indemnity for the riot they had committed. Sir W. Scott.

 

2. Indemnification, compensation, or remuneration for loss, damage, or injury sustained. They were told to expect, upon the fall of Walpole, a large and lucrative indemnity for their pretended wrongs. Ld. Mahon.

 

Note: Insurance is a contract of indemnity. Arnould. The owner of private property taken for public use is entitled to compensation or indemnity. Kent. Act of indemnity (Law ), an act or law passed in order to relieve persons, especially in an official station, from some penalty to which they are liable in consequence of acting illegally, or, in case of ministers, in consequence of exceeding the limits of their strict constitutional powers. These acts also sometimes provide compensation for losses or damage, either incurred in the service of the government, or resulting from some public measure.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

indemnity

in dem ni ty |inˈdemnitē ɪnˈdɛmnədi | ▶noun ( pl. indemnities ) security or protection against a loss or other financial burden: no indemnity will be given for loss of cash. • security against or exemption from legal responsibility for one's actions: a deed of indemnity | even warranties and indemnities do not provide complete protection. • a sum of money paid as compensation, esp. a sum exacted by a victor in war as one condition of peace. ORIGIN late Middle English: from French indemnite, from late Latin indemnitas, from indemnis ‘unhurt, free from loss. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

indemnity

indemnity |ɪnˈdɛmnɪti | ▶noun ( pl. indemnities ) [ mass noun ] security or protection against a loss or other financial burden: no indemnity will be given for loss of cash. • security against or exemption from legal responsibility for one's actions: a deed of indemnity | [ count noun ] : even warranties and indemnities do not provide complete protection. • [ count noun ] a sum of money paid as compensation, especially one paid by a country defeated in war as a condition of peace. ORIGIN late Middle English: from French indemnite, from late Latin indemnitas, from indemnis ‘unhurt, free from loss ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

indemnity

indemnity noun 1 indemnity against loss: insurance, assurance, protection, security, indemnification, surety, guarantee, warranty, safeguard. 2 the company was paid $100,000 in indemnity: compensation, reimbursement, recompense, repayment, restitution, payment, redress, reparation (s ), damages. 3 legislative indemnity: salary, wages, pay, remuneration, earnings.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

indemnity

indemnity noun 1 an outgoing partner should insist on indemnity against future liabilities of the firm: insurance, assurance, protection, security, indemnification, surety, endorsement, guarantee, warranty, safeguard. 2 those charged with political offences were granted indemnity from prosecution: immunity, exemption, exception, dispensation, exclusion, freedom, release, relief, absolution, exoneration; special treatment, privilege, favouritism; impunity; informal a let-off; rare derogation. 3 the public purse would be saved the burden of paying indemnity: reimbursement, compensation, recompense, repayment, restitution, payment, remuneration, requital, redress, reparation (s ), damages; N. Amer. informal comp; archaic guerdon, meed; rare solatium.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

indemnity

in dem ni ty /ɪndémnəti /名詞 複 -ties 1 U (損害などに対する )賠償, 補償 ; 〘法 〙【損害などに対する 】賠償の保障 «against , for » .2 C «…に対する » 賠償 [補償 ]金 «for » .