detriment
B2CEFR level
50/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister
Law noun
Harm, loss, or disadvantage suffered by a person.
The claimant must show some actual detriment flowing from the breach of duty.
Business noun
Harm or disadvantage suffered by an employee, especially as a consequence of unfair treatment.
Being passed over for promotion after raising a complaint could count as a detriment in law.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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