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mitigation of loss

noun

B2CEFR level
52/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

The claimant's duty to take reasonable steps to reduce their financial loss, such as seeking alternative employment.

Her award was reduced because she had made no effort at mitigation of loss.

Topic: Employment law in Legal English

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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