Word: damages
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: da
ma
ges
Definition: The money paid or awarded to a claimant (in England), a pursuer (in Scotland) or a plaintiff (in the US) in a civil action as compensation for a loss suffered by the same.
Morphemes:
Affix: damage
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Cost or expense.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: damnum
Language: la
Decoded: damnum
PoS: Noun
Meaning: a fine
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Possessive marker, indicating that an object belongs to the word bearing the marker.