Indemnity [noun]
Definition of Indemnity:
reimbursement
Sentence/Example of Indemnity:
The expatriated ex-rebels became alarmed by the non-receipt of the indemnity instalment and the news from their homes.
In due course indemnity claims were forwarded to the military authorities, who rejected them all.
The French war indemnity enabled him to redeem a considerable portion of the state debt and to remit certain taxes.
Before he left Canada he proclaimed the act of indemnity, and notified her majesty's disallowance of the ordinance.
In reality the dissenters suffered very little from these acts, for they were relieved by annual acts of indemnity.
That was to be his indemnity; the emperor was to be gratified by being allowed to exchange the Netherlands for Bavaria.
Indeed the waiter readily took this view of the matter, and was quite satisfied with five francs as an indemnity.
On 24th November the treaty was signed, an indemnity being paid by the city, but the rioting did not cease.
Even the King himself was not slow to pillage: he was discontented with the indemnity offered, and threatened to loot the city.
The gold required for the introduction of the new coinage was provided from the indemnity paid by France.