The act of returning someone who has sustained a loss to the position they were in before the loss occurred.
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MEDICAL,USA: To compensate for a loss.
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UK: to provide indemnity.
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To repay or compensate in money or kind or a sustained law. Legal principle that specifies an insured should not collect more than the actual cash value of a loss but should be restored to approximately the same financial position as existed before the loss.