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单词 solatium
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solatiumn.

/səˈleɪʃɪəm/
Etymology: < Latin sōlātium, sōlācium, related to sōlārī to console: compare solace n.1
1. A sum of money, or other compensation, given to a person to make up for loss or inconvenience.
ΚΠ
1817 W. Scott Let. 27 May (1933) IV. 457 It was a bonus or solatium paid to them by the gentry to prevent their rising and righting themselves at the expence of the aristocracy.
1853 W. Jerdan Autobiogr. III. 81 A weekly solatium was arranged to the extent of the author's own suggestion.
1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Oct. 8/2 Another offered by way of a solatium in the hour of his disappointment the vacant trusteeship of a well-known charitable institution.
2. spec. in Law. A sum of money paid, over and above the actual damages, as a solace for injured feelings.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > compensation > [noun] > for injury > for injured feelings
solatiuma1859
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > claim at law > [noun] > a sum payable in damages
damage1542
quantum1602
ad damnuma1754
solatiuma1859
a1859 J. Austin Lect. Jurispr. (1879) I. xv. 397 The ground of action being not only indemnification for damage, but also solatium for bereavement.
1863 Illustr. London News 1 Aug. 103 [A] traveller for a firm of Staffordshire china merchants obtained £500 damages and £300 solatium at a jury trial.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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