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ex gratia

ex gratia adjective: given as a favour; given as a gift.

Adjective

ex gratia (not comparable)

  1. Given as a favour; given as a gift.
    • an ex gratia payment

Adverb

ex gratia (not comparable)

  1. As a favour; as a gift.
    • a payment given ex gratia

ex gratia meaning in Tamil and Persian

ex gratia in Tamil

கருணைத்தொகை, பணிக்கொடை

ex gratia in Persian

Translations
بلاعوض belâ-avaz, بیبازگشت bê-bâzgašt

Origin of ex gratia

Learned borrowing from Latin ex grātiā (literally “out of grace”).

Questions about ex gratia

What does ex gratia mean?
Ex gratia means given as a favour; given as a gift.
What is ex gratia in Tamil?
Ex gratia in Tamil is கருணைத்தொகை, பணிக்கொடை. See Ex gratia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ex gratia?
Ex gratia can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near ex gratia in the dictionary

  1. ex contractu
  2. ex copula
  3. ex delicto
  4. ex dividend
  5. ex facie
  6. ex gratia
  7. ex hypothesi
  8. ex juris
  9. ex libris
  10. ex negativo
  11. ex nihilo

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ex gratia (page history and authors); ex gratia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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