reparations in English

noun
1
the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged.
the courts required a convicted offender to make financial reparation to his victim
2
the action of repairing something.
the old hall was pulled down to avoid the cost of reparation

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1. Reparations were temporarily pretermitted.

2. Germany paid $50 billion in reparations for Nazi crimes.

3. Alderwoman Cicely Fleming was the lone vote against the Chicago suburb's proposed reparations program, but not because she's against reparations

4. The government agreed to pay reparations to victims.

5. Apologies for government mistreatment and reparations have been rare in Congress.

6. Others have spoken of war crimes and reparations.

7. Israel accepted billions of dollars in war reparations.

8. The payment of reparations for years of alleged wrongs.

9. By the reparations of pilfer be 80 % what press risk.

10. Despite the cool reception that reparations are receiving among lawmakers, Rep.

11. States should address linguistic and literacy barriers that hinder women’s ability to access reparations.

12. Algeria needs an apology and reparations from France – not a history lesson

13. In the 1920 s ICC focused on reparations and war debts.

14. Alderwoman Cicely Fleming of Evanston, Ill., On The Town's New Reparations Program NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Alderwoman Cicely Fleming of Evanston, Ill., on the town's new reparations program

15. The British dismantled Krupp's factories, sending machinery all over Europe as war reparations.

16. We call for the US government to pay reparations to the Iraqi people.

17. Two principal reasons for the small reparations were France's envy and Queen Christina's impatience.

18. As a result, the Russians forced the Qing government to pay heavy war reparations.

19. The reparations were obligations of the German government, and they were paid by taxing people.

20. War reparations to the Soviet Union from their zone of occupation in Germany were agreed.

21. Another 2 billion yuan was paid as reparations in property and unforeseen accident insurance programs.

22. He dreamed that he stood in a court of law, charged with some wrongdoing and sentenced to make reparations.

23. From these funds, reparations of $ 1 million will be paid... to each of the 83 Marines'families.

24. After deductions for war reparations, the balance would be used to buy food and humanitarian supplies.

25. German reparations to Belgium for damage incurred during the First World War was set at £12.5 billion pounds sterling.

26. (Keynes predicted a war caused by the burden of debt, Ohlin thought that Germany could afford the reparations.)

27. Since most of the industrial areas were in the western zones, the Soviet Union was transferred additional reparations.

28. They should consider establishing mechanisms to address the needs of victims, including but not limited to reparations.

29. 14 hours ago · Chicago suburb of Evanston Approves reparations housing program for Black residents

30. Dulles also helped design the Dawes Plan, which sought to stabilize Europe by reducing German war reparations.

31. At the conclusion of the Thirty Years' War, the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 granted Sweden territories as war reparations.

32. 17 hours ago · Chicago Suburb of Evanston Approves Reparations Program for Black Residents “The resolution approved Monday directs initial funding of $400,000 from the city’s Local Reparations Fund to a housing program that will award eligible individuals up to $25,000.”

33. Carthage would pay 2,200 silver talents in 10 year installments, and 1,000 talents immediately; a total of 3,200 talents as war reparations.

34. Offering reparations to victims should not be part of an effort, for example, to make impunity more acceptable.

35. Letter of Indemnity A letter guaranteeing that contractual provisions will be met, otherwise financial reparations will be made.

36. After World War II, Finnish Cable Works supplied cables to the Soviet Union as part of its war reparations.

37. In a historic move, the city council of Asheville, North Carolina, voted unanimously to approve a reparations resolution for Black residents.

38. The reparations became a decisive part of Israel's income, comprising as high as 87.5% of Israel's income in 1956.

39. A group of prominent black lawyers is preparing lawsuits for next year claiming reparations for slavery from government and private companies.

40. Examination also needs to be given to the type of religious environment which permits the abuse of women to occur without reparations.

41. Evanston, Ill., became the first city in the United States to Approve a plan to pay reparations to Black residents and their descendants who …

42. The funds for the construction came from Japanese war reparations, with the Fuji Car Manufacturing Co. Ltd being given responsibility for design and construction.

43. Germany paid reparations to the United Kingdom, France, and the Soviet Union, mainly in the form of dismantled factories, forced labour, and coal.

44. In 1929 he debated with John Maynard Keynes, contradicting the latter's view on the consequences of the heavy war reparations payments imposed on Germany.

45. By the early 1950s the Soviet Union had seized reparations in the form of agricultural and industrial products and demanded further heavy reparation payments.

46. The resolution Approved Monday directs initial funding of $400,000 from the city’s Local Reparations Fund to a housing program that will award eligible individuals up to $25,000.

47. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Alderwoman Robin Rue Simmons about a plan to use taxes from the sale of recreational marijuana as reparations for …

48. The failure to provide proper rehabilitation and a secure environment for victims to seek justice and reparations exposes serious administrative lapses by Uttar Pradesh state authorities.

49. U.S. leaders recalled what happened after World War I, when Germany's first democracy, the Weimar Republic, was massively weakened economically by having to pay off reparations.

50. S. leaders recalled what happened after World War I, when Germany's first democracy, the Weimar Republic, was massively weakened economically by having to pay off reparations.