Speakur

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class action

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.00 in modern English

Syllables
class ac-tion
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lawsuit brought by a single plaintiff or small group of plaintiffs as a representative of a large group of others having a common interest, with everyone in the large group eligible to receive damages if the plaintiff is successful.

Canadian usage; American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

class actions (plural)

Synonyms

class action lawsuit class suit representative action class-action suit

Questions

What does class action mean?
A lawsuit brought by a single plaintiff or small group of plaintiffs as a representative of a large group of others having a common interest, with everyone in the large group eligible to receive damages if the plaintiff is successful.

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