replacement

replacement
re·place·ment n
1 a: the act of replacing: the state of being replaced
b: an insurer's option under a policy to replace or repair damaged property rather than pay the insured for the loss
2: something that replaces; specif: a new fixed asset or portion of an asset that takes the place of one discarded (as because of deterioration)

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

replacement
I noun alternate, alternative, change, commutation, compensation, counterfeit, delegate, deputy, dislocation, displacement, envoy, equivalent, exchange, fill in, interchange, makeshift, proxy, reclamation, reconstitution, reconstruction, recovery, refund, reinstatement, relief, removal, renewal, renovation, reorganization, reparation, representative, reproduction, restitution, restoration, second, secondary, shift, stand in, subrogation, substitute, substitution, successor, supersedure, supersession, supplantation, supplanter, surrogate, surrogation, swap, switch, temporary expedient, transfer, transposition, understudy associated concepts: replacement cost II index alternative (substitute), correction (change), cover (substitute), defeasance, discharge (dismissal), exchange, novation, preemption, refund, reimbursement, reparation (keeping in repair), restitution, stopgap, subrogation, substitute, succedaneum, successor

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006

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