consequential
Very important because it causes big results or changes.
Having significant effects, influence, or importance, especially because of the results that follow.
Happening because of something that came before it.
Happening as a result or outcome of a particular action, event, or condition.
Acting as if you are very important, in a way that seems silly or too serious.
Behaving or speaking as if one is very important, in a way that can seem silly or irritating.
In legal and business English, about money loss that does not come directly from an action, but happens because of later effects of that action.
In law and business, describing financial loss or damage that does not arise directly from an act, but occurs as a secondary result of it.
- Base: consequential
consequential damages
1indirect financial loss in law
Money that a person or business loses, not from the main problem itself, but from later results of that problem, especially in legal cases.
- The supplier’s terms clearly exclude any liability for consequential damages.
- They sued the manufacturer for consequential damages after the machine failure stopped production.
- Many contracts limit consequential damages such as lost profits or loss of business.
consequential loss
1secondary financial loss
Money that is lost because of later effects of an event (for example, lost profit after a fire), especially in business, insurance, and legal language.
- Their insurance does not cover consequential loss caused by power failures.
- The factory’s closure led to significant consequential loss for local suppliers.
- The policy includes cover for consequential loss resulting from machinery breakdown.