sopimussakko
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]sopimus (“contract”) + sakko (“penalty, fine”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sopimussakko
- (law) A contingency fee, penal damages (a payment required due to non-fulfilment of a contract that is punitive in nature and usually not legal or at least not enforceable under common law; instead, common law permits liquidated damages, i.e. payment for real, actually incurred and ascertained damages).
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of sopimussakko (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sopimussakko | sopimussakot | |
| genitive | sopimussakon | sopimussakkojen | |
| partitive | sopimussakkoa | sopimussakkoja | |
| illative | sopimussakkoon | sopimussakkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sopimussakko | sopimussakot | |
| accusative | nom. | sopimussakko | sopimussakot |
| gen. | sopimussakon | ||
| genitive | sopimussakon | sopimussakkojen | |
| partitive | sopimussakkoa | sopimussakkoja | |
| inessive | sopimussakossa | sopimussakoissa | |
| elative | sopimussakosta | sopimussakoista | |
| illative | sopimussakkoon | sopimussakkoihin | |
| adessive | sopimussakolla | sopimussakoilla | |
| ablative | sopimussakolta | sopimussakoilta | |
| allative | sopimussakolle | sopimussakoille | |
| essive | sopimussakkona | sopimussakkoina | |
| translative | sopimussakoksi | sopimussakoiksi | |
| abessive | sopimussakotta | sopimussakoitta | |
| instructive | — | sopimussakoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- “sopimussakko”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03