ex gratia

ex gratia

A payment made as a kind gesture, not due to a legal obligation. This phrase is always used before a noun. Yes, I make ex gratia payments to my ex-wife—I want our divorce to stay amicable.
See also: ex
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • biz
  • angle
  • angling
  • after the Lord Mayor's show
  • high
  • high, wide, and handsome
  • wear (one's) apron high
  • fire and brimstone
References in periodicals archive
However, to postulate the argument for ex gratia payments is inappropriate as it could introduce a new compensation culture based on the loosest of principles.
He is still waiting for the ex gratia amount of ` 2 lakh that former Bihar CM Rabri Devi had announced
This article attempts to address the gap in the literature by examining ex gratia cases and the state's corresponding rationale to justify these outcomes in the Australian context.
"Accordingly, we have reviewed our decision to void all in-running bets matched on the race and, in the interests of fairness, certain categories of voided bets will be compensated by way of ex gratia payments from Betfair.
"Ex Gratia's collaborative union of Stoudt's Brewing Company and the Vetri Foundation has been an honor for us all.," said Jodi Stoudt, Brewer/Beer Sweetheart, Stoudt's Brewing Company.
The Swedish government is to pay ex gratia compensation to two persons whose employments have been adversely affected in an unreasonable way after personal information was given out by SAPO, the Swedish security police.
Mumbai In what came as music to the ears of 40,000-odd civic employees in Mumbai, the Bombay High Court yesterday ordered that they be paid an ex gratia of Rs7,500 (Dh525) each for Diwali, in spite of their participation in a two-day strike last month.
The army is also seeking parity between the ex gratia paid to the kin of soldiers killed in counterinsurgency operations and warlike conflicts.
Ridden by Michael Hills, Distant Music worked in company with Air Defence and Ex Gratia, and was held up in rear as Ex Gratia (Robert Street) made the running.
Summary: Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 5 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday met the family and relatives of the nine-year-old girl who was raped by a 60-year-old man in Guntur on May 2 and announced Rs 5 Lakh ex gratia for her.
Summary: Kupwara ( Jammu and Kashmir) Mar 2 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir Government announced an ex gratia of Rs four lakh each to the families of the three people who lost their lives during a snow avalanche in the Lashkote forest of Lolab.
Summary: Morena (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Feb 26 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday declared that the family of each soldier from the state killed in action would be given an ex gratia of Rs one crore along with other benefits.