detriment
detriment n. 损失；损害；不利益 指任何财产损失或人身伤害。在合同法中，亦可专指合同对价的一种。合同之对价既可以是金钱或其他有价物的给付，亦可以是受允诺人所受之损失或「损害」。在此种意义上，该词意指受允诺人作为对允诺的回报，暂缓行使其本可行使的某些法定的权利，或放弃其本有权保有的物品，或实施其本有权不作为之行为。 (→consideration; legal detriment)
DETRIMENT
detriment
detriment. 1. Any loss or harm suffered by a person or property. 2. Contracts. The relinquishment of some legal right that a promisee would have otherwise been entitled to exercise. — Also termed legal detriment. Cf. BENEFIT(2). “A promise or an act may be a detriment although on balance the promisor is making a good