indemnity
indemnity
[ɪnˈdɛmnɪti]
(pl. -ies)
[ɪnˈdɛmnɪti]
(pl. -ies)
- [mass noun]security or protection against a loss or other financial burden
（对损失或其他经济负担的）保障；防止；补偿
no indemnity will be given for loss of cash.
现金遗失将不给予任何补偿。
■security against or exemption from legal responsibility for one's actions
免除法律责任；赦免
a deed of indemnity.
免责书。
[count noun]even warranties and indemnities do not provide complete protection.
甚至保证书和赦免状也不能提供完全的保护。
■[count noun]a sum of money paid as compensation, especially a sum exacted by a victor in war as one condition of peace
（尤指战胜国提出的）赔款，补偿金
- late Middle English: from French indemnite, from late Latin indemnitas, from indemnis 'unhurt, free from loss'
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