concrete. A payment given or fine paid to make reparation for an injury or offence; something given as compensation. Obsolete.

Law. (Now always in plural) The value, estimated in money, of something lost or withheld; the sum of money claimed or adjudged to be paid in…

Compensation for injury, ‘damages’. (French dommages et intérêts (see Littré, Intérêt 2c), medieval Latin damna et interesse.) Obsolete. rare.

Compensation for loss or damage incurred; indemnification.

Compensation paid to make amends for war damage; an example of this. Now usually in plural.