Look up: abandonment

1. Abandonment
   Allowing an option to expire unexercised. Also, withdrawal from a cancellable forward contract to purchase securities.
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2. abandonment
   [n] - the act of giving something up 2. [n] - the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away
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3. Abandonment
   Permanent dismantling of a production platform or other installation. i.e. Plugging of a well.
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4. Abandonment
   The voluntary surrender of legal rights or title to a mining claim
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5. Abandonment
   Generally in law, the voluntary relinquishing of all rights, title or possession of property... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/abandonment.htm?id=12547&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of abandonment'>more</a>
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6. abandonment
   (of well) a term to describe the sealing of a well with cement plugs, and removing the wellhead with no intention of re-entering the well;
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7. abandonment
   Insurance term used to indicate that the damage suffered by a vessel is such as to constitute a constructive total loss and that the assured may abandon the subject matter to the underwriters and claim for a total loss even though the insured property is recoverable and/or being repaired. Categor...
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8. Abandonment
   A·ban'don·ment (-m e nt) noun [ Confer French abandonnement .] 1. The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. « The abandonment of the independence of Europe. Burke.
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9. abandonment
   noun the act of giving something up
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10. Abandonment
    Controlling party giving up rights to property voluntarily.
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11. Abandonment
    • (n.) The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. • (n.) The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril insured against. • (n.) The relinquishment of a rig...
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12. abandonment
    in Anglo-American property law, the relinquishment of possession of property with an intent to terminate all ownership interests in that property. ...
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13. abandonment
    
    • the act of giving something up
    • withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
    • the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away
    
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14. abandonment
    abandonment, in law, voluntary, intentional, and absolute relinquishment of rights or property without conveying them to any other person. Abandonment also means willfully leaving one's spouse or children, intending not to return (see desertion). In many states the abandonment of a child is a crimin...
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15. Abandonment
    The intent and subsequent actions of a tenant that indicate that the tenant has given up the leased premises. Examples include an empty apartment, a return of keys, and utilities turned off.
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16. Abandonment
    n. in broad legal terms it stands for relinquishment of an interest, claim, privilege or possession. Several different contexts are covered by this term with variable meanings, like plaintiff's discontinuance of proceedings (in cases of abandonment of an legal action), surrender of a ship or goods t...
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17. Abandonment
    In marine insurance, the term abandonment is employed to designate the case where the party insured gives up his whole interest in the property to the insurer, and claims as for a total loss.
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18. Abandonment
    Abandonment is the act of giving up the ownership of something covered by an insurance policy and treating it as if it has been completely lost or destroyed. If the insurers agree to abandonment, they will pay a total- loss claim. This often occurs in marine insurance if a vessel has run aground in ...
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