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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

물적 손해

Pronunciation / Transliteration: muljeok sonhae

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Material damage/məˈtɪə.ri.əl ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"태풍으로 인해 심각한 물적 손해가 발생했습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Physical injury or harm to property, objects, or tangible assets.

    "The severe storm caused significant material damage to several residential buildings."
  2. 2

    In law and insurance, loss or destruction of physical property as opposed to bodily injury or economic loss.

    "The company's commercial insurance policy covers both public liability and material damage."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English words 'material', stemming from Latin 'materialis' (pertaining to matter), and 'damage', coming from Latin 'damnum' (loss, harm). The combined legal and insurance term emerged in modern legal parlance to distinguish physical destruction of property from financial or non-tangible losses.

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