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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•dem•ni•ty /ɪnˈdɛmnɪti/USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties. - Business[uncountable] security against damage or loss.
- Business[countable] money as payment for loss sustained.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•dem•ni•ty (in dem′ni tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties. - Businessprotection or security against damage or loss.
- Businesscompensation for damage or loss sustained.
- Businesssomething paid by way of such compensation.
- Businessprotection, as by insurance, from liabilities or penalties incurred by one's actions.
- Lawlegal exemption from penalties attaching to unconstitutional or illegal actions, granted to public officers and other persons.
- Latin indemnitās, equivalent. to indemni(s) without loss (in- in-3 + -demn-, combining form of damn- (stem of damnum loss; see damn) + -is adjective, adjectival suffix) + -tās -ty2
- late Middle English indem(p)nite 1425–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: indemnity /ɪnˈdɛmnɪtɪ/ n ( pl -ties)- compensation for loss or damage; reimbursement
- protection or insurance against future loss or damage
- legal exemption from penalties or liabilities incurred through one's acts or defaults
- (in Canada) the salary paid to a member of Parliament or of a legislature
Etymology: 15th Century: from Late Latin indemnitās, from indemnis uninjured, from Latin in-1 + damnum damage |