示じ談だん金きん

noun

settlement money; out-of-court compensation

Money paid to resolve a dispute privately, without going to trial. Common in civil and traffic accident contexts.

• 事じ故この示じ談だん金きんとして50ごじゅう万まん円えんを受うけ取とった。

  I received 500,000 yen as settlement money for the accident.

• 示じ談だん金きんを支し払はらうことで裁さい判ばんを避さけた。

  They avoided a trial by paying settlement money.