讓你不受損：先是承諾，後是錢
兩個意思是同一件事的兩個時間點，差別只在損失發生了沒有。
noun · C1
Protection against loss or damage, usually in the form of a promise that someone else will pay if a loss happens.
賠償保障
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One way to hold this word: someone stands between you and a loss and says, if that ever lands, it lands on me. The whole word is about keeping a person undamaged. Before anything happens, that standing-between is a promise you hold on paper. After something happens, it turns into money that moves, enough to put you back where you were and no further.
可以想成：有人站在你和損失之間，說「真的發生的話，算我的」。這個字從頭到尾都在講「讓你不要受損」。事情還沒發生時，這…更多收起
可以想成：有人站在你和損失之間，說「真的發生的話，算我的」。這個字從頭到尾都在講「讓你不要受損」。事情還沒發生時，這句話是一張紙上的承諾，你握著它。事情真的發生了，同一句話就變成一筆走出去的錢，剛好把你拉回原來的位置，不多也不少。兩個用法其實是同一件事的前後兩段。From the word’s history
Wiktionary traces it to Latin in- meaning not plus damnum meaning damage, through indemnis, undamaged, and Late Latin indemnitas, security from damage.
Wiktionary 記的來源是拉丁文 in-（不）加 damnum（損害），先變成 indemnis（沒有受損），再經過晚期拉丁文 indemnitās（免於損害的安全）、中古法文 indemnité 進入英文。字面上的「沒有受損」正好就是今天兩個用法共同要做到的事。
Wiktionary entry for indemnity supplied in packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1013921174:20425)
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