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a·bate·ment
(ə-bāt′mənt)n.
1. Reduction in amount, degree, or intensity; diminution.
2. The amount lowered; a reduction.
3. Law The act of reducing something, such as a tax, for some period of time or of eliminating something, such as a nuisance, permanently.
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abatement
(əˈbeɪtmənt)n
1. diminution or alleviation; decrease
2. suppression or termination: the abatement of a nuisance.
3. the amount by which something is reduced, such as the cost of an article
4. (Law) property law a decrease in the payment to creditors or legatees when the assets of the debtor or estate are insufficient to meet all payments in full
5. (Law) property law (formerly) a wrongful entry on land by a stranger who takes possession after the death of the owner and before the heir has entered into possession
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a•bate•ment
(əˈbeɪt mənt)n.
1. reduction or alleviation; decrease.
2. suppression or termination: noise abatement.
3. an amount deducted, as from the full price or tax.
[1300–50; Middle English < Middle French]
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| Noun | 1. |  abatement - an interruption in the intensity or amount of somethingbreak, interruption - some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt" defervescence - abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature remission, subsidence, remittal - an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission" |
| 2. |  abatement - the act of abating; "laws enforcing noise abatement"mitigation, moderation - the action of lessening in severity or intensity; "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions" abatement of a nuisance, nuisance abatement - (law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance |
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abatement
noun
1. decrease, slowing, decline, easing, sinking, fading, weakening, relaxation, dwindling, lessening, waning, subsiding, ebbing, cessation, let-up, slackening, diminution, tapering off, attenuation Demand for the product shows no sign of abatement.
2. reduction, slowing, relief, easing, weakening, dulling, decrease, lessening, cutback, quelling, moderation, remission, slackening, mitigation, diminution, curtailment, alleviation, attenuation, extenuation noise abatement
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abatement
noun1. The act or process of decreasing:
curtailment, cut, cutback, decrease, decrement, diminishment, diminution, drain, reduction, slash, slowdown, taper.
2. The act or process of becoming less active or intense:
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Translations
تَخْفِيف، مَبْلَغ مُسقَط مِن الضَّريبه
zeslabenízmírnění
formindskelsereduktion
enyhülés
minnkun, lækkun
zmenšenie
azal ma
abatement
[əˈbeɪtmənt] N1. (= reduction) [of wind, storm] → amaine m; [of fever, flood] → bajada f; [of anger] → aplacamiento m; [of enthusiasm] → moderación f; [of pain, symptoms] → remisión f
2. (Jur) [of noise, pollution] (= elimination) → eliminación f; (= reduction) → disminución f, moderación f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
abatement
[əˈbeɪtmənt] nnoise abatement → lutte f contre le bruit
noise abatement society → ligue pour la lutte contre le bruit
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
abatement
n → Nachlassen nt; (of storm, eagerness, interest also) → Abflauen nt; (of pain also) → Abklingen nt; (of flood) → Rückgang m; (of rent, tax) → Senkung f; the noise abatement society → die Gesellschaft zur Bekämpfung von Lärm
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
abatement
[əˈbeɪtmənt] n (frm) (of pollution, noise) → soppressione f, eliminazione fNoise Abatement Society associazione contro l'inquinamento acustico
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
abate
(əˈbeit) verb to become less. The storm abated.
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