sums of money that are paid after a war by the defeated country for the damage and injuries it caused in other countries. Used esp of the compensation demanded of Germany by the Treaty of Versailles after World War I
Examples of 'reparations' in a sentence
reparations
Everybody feared that the load of reparations demanded by the victorious powers would be impossible for Germany to bear.
NULL DARE CALL IT TREASON
Women called at dawn to report gifts from the dead, or appeared to try to bribe him with the promise of reparations.
Bringle, Mary DEATH OF AN UNKNOWN MAN
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British English: reparations NOUN
Reparations are sums of money that are paid after a war by the defeated country for the damage and injuries it caused in other countries.
They accepted billions of dollars in war reparations.