Look up: abatement

1. Abatement
   Reducing the degree or intensity of, or eliminating, pollution.
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2. Abatement
   The reduction in landfill pollution by source reduction and waste recycling.
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3. abatement
   [n] - the act of abating
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4. abatement
   A reduction, normally made pro rata, of the amount of legacies or debts or claims where an estate is insufficient to pay all in full
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5. abatement
   In English law, the discontinuance of, for example, a nuisance (see tort). ...
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6. abatement
   In heraldry, a mark of dishonour on a coat of arms, indicating some stain on the character of the wearer. This mark is mentioned in literature but has in practice scarcely been used, though the term...
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7. Abatement
   Abatement: A diminution, decrease or easing. In medicine there may be abatement of pain or any other symptom or sign. In the environment there may abatement in the degree of pollution. See also: Abate.
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8. abatement
   the method of reducing the degree or intensity of pollution; also the use of such a method Category: Environment • the extinguishment or reduction of a claim or debt. Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs • the difference between the(estimated or known)volume befor...
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9. Abatement
   Reducing the degree or intensity of, or eliminating, pollution.
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10. Abatement
    A·bate'ment (-m e nt) noun [ Old French abatement , French abattement .] 1. The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a...
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11. abatement
    noun the act of abating; `laws enforcing noise abatement`
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12. abatement
    (ә-bāt´mәnt) decrease in severity of a pain, symptom, or disorder.
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13. Abatement
    • (n.) The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof. • (n.) The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or...
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14. abatement
    in law, the interruption of a legal proceeding upon the pleading by a defendant of a matter that prevents the plaintiff from going forward with the ...
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15. Abatement
    In heraldry an abatement is a mark of dishonour on an escutcheon.
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16. Abatement
    In joinery, abatement is the name given to the wasted wood when lumber is sawn or planed.
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17. abatement
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ă-bāt′ment Definitions: 1. A diminution or easing. 2. Reduction, ultimately elimination, of public-health nuisances such as smoke or loud noise.
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18. Abatement
    - complete removal of an amount due, (usually referring to a tax abatement a penalty abatement or an interest abatement within a governing agency.)
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19. Abatement
    Involves either removal of the painted surface, covering the painted surface with an impermeable surface, or covering surface with heavy-duty coating (encapsulant).
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20. Abatement
    A proportional reduction of the shares of beneficiaries under a will if the estate assets are not sufficient to pay the shares in full.
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21. Abatement
    n. abatement has different contexts of usage, which are, 1) chancery practice, is a suspension of all proceedings in a suit, from the want of proper parties capable of proceeding therein 2) reduction made by the creditor, for the prompt payment of a debt due by the payor or debtor 3) deductions made...
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22. Abatement
    In English law, abatement refers to legal proceedings that are formerly abated, or ended, on the marriage, death or bankruptcy of one party, or some change of interest in the matter in dispute.
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23. Abatement
    To lower, depreciate, or reduce. Often refers to emission reductions in air quality control.
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24. Abatement
    (heraldry) An `abatement`, in heraldry, is a modification of the shield or coat of arms used to denote marks or devices that are less-than honorable Augmentation.-->--> It is thought that they can be imposed by authority (in England supposedly by the Court of Chivalry) for misconduct. Each ab...
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