Abatement

What do we mean by abatement?

Reduction in amount, degree, or intensity; diminution. noun

The amount lowered; a reduction. noun

The act of reducing something, such as a tax, for some period of time or of eliminating something, such as a nuisance, permanently. noun

The act of abating, or the state of being abated; diminution, decrease, reduction, or mitigation: as, abatement of grief or pain. noun

The amount, quantity, or sum by which anything is abated or reduced; deduction; decrease. noun

In heraldry, a mark annexed to coat-armor, in order to denote some dishonorable act of the person bearing the coat of arms, or his illegitimate descent. noun

In law: Removal or destruction, as of a nuisance. noun

Failure; premature end; suspension or diminution, as of an action or of a legacy. See abate. noun

The act of intruding on a freehold vacated by the death of its former owner, and not yet entered on by the heir or devisee. noun

In revenue law: noun

A deduction from or refunding of duties on goods damaged during importation or in store. noun

A deduction from the amount of a tax. The mode of abatement is prescribed by statute. noun

In carpentry, the waste of a piece of stuff caused by working it into shape. noun

Rebate, allowance, deduction, discount, mitigation. noun

The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to. noun

The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed. noun

A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon. noun

The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee. noun

Plea to the effect that from some formal defect (e.g. misnomer, lack of jurisdiction) the proceedings should be abated. noun

The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression of.

The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed; in particular from a tax.

A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon; any figure added to the coat of arms tending to lower the dignity or station of the bearer.

Words that are spelled similarly to abatement:
abatement, abasement, batement, abattement, statement, basement, abutment, amazement, abetment, abashment, debatement, abodement, rebatement, abatements, battement, aboiement, abat-vent, abat vent, avalement, rabattement.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word abatement:
nuisance, asbestos, legacies, tonne, emissions, pollution, pleading, greenhouse, marginal, methane, epa, noise, demolition, incentives, procedures, emission, exemption, redevelopment, paint, notices, prostitution, tenants, renovation, ordinance, carbon, curves, dust, eliminate, tax, outreach, removal, disposal, smoke, costs, measures, cleaning, cost, terrorism, regulations, statute, taxes, reduction, environmental, monitoring, rent, improvements, inspection, proceedings, curve, measurements, remove, complaints, reduce, enforcement, strategies, notice, reducing, excess, runway, worker, restrictions, waste, credits, scheme, mac, clean, airline, encourage, delayed, citizen, lighting, repair, gang, option, citing, recreation, programs, crimes, strategy, airport, exposed, gas, parks, assessment, program, rates, property, projects, efforts, policies, industrial, initiative, mechanism, trading, recovery, act, revenue, planning, mine, safety.

Words that rhyme with abatement:
statement, understatement, reinstatement, overstatement, misstatement, batement, restatement, income statement, financial statement, account statement, bank statement, false statement, mathematical statement, cautious statement, true statement, operating statement, value statement.

Adjectives that are often used to describe abatement:
little, smoke, considerable, such, great, temporary, least, gradual, slight, much, further, slightest, general, total, immediate, marked, partial, sudden, complete, rapid, apparent, proportionate, sensible, optimal, pollution, industrial, additional, proportional, smallest, real, effective, voluntary, significant, global, less, year, substantial, unconditional, proportionable, lead, environmental, reasonable, corresponding, marginal, proper, visible, efficient, mere, ghgs, perceptible, federal, appreciable, serious, noticeable, based, nuisance, summary, unilateral, cost, selective, speedy, permanent, manifest, evident, known, domestic, annual, aggregate, due, scarce, consequent, successful, acid, prompt, subsequent, notable, rent.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective abatement:
equipment, program, costs, programs, measures, procedures, expenditures, technology, law, policy, ordinances, technologies, devices, districts, efforts, ordinance, facilities, policies, laws, activities, regulations, problem, capital, strategies, plan, scenarios, curve, initiative, problems, systems, incentives, group, needs, device, standards, techniques, legislation, output, effort, schemes, individual, plans, campaigns, requirements, projects, installation, procedure.

Consonant match to abatement:
abutment, abetment.

Words that sound like abatement:
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