térít

Térít is a term used in Hungarian legal and financial language to denote the act of providing compensation or indemnification for losses, damages, or inconvenience. In practice, the noun form térítés is more common and refers to the compensation itself, while the related compound kártérítés specifically denotes damages compensation. The concept also appears in insurance, contract law, and government restitution, where parties may be obligated to offer or accept térítés to settle a claim.

In usage, térítés appears in both formal and statutory contexts. It can describe the process of reimbursing costs, making good on a loss, or restoring a party to a prior position after harm. The adjective form térítési is used to describe things related to compensation, such as térítési összeg (the amount of compensation) or térítési igény (a claim for indemnification). While térítés is widely understood in legal discourse, everyday language often prefers more specific terms such as kártérítés (damages compensation) or jóvátétel (restitution, repair).

Etymology and related terms: térítés is built from the Hungarian root associated with compensation and the common agentive suffix -ítés, which forms abstract nouns. It sits within a family of terms used to convey restitution or reimbursement, alongside kártérítés and jóvátétel. In practice, speakers select the most precise term depending on context, with kártérítés typically used for damages and jóvátétel for broader restitution.

See also: kártérítés, jóvátétel, restitutio, indemnification.