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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishabatement, fromAnglo-Normanabatre(“to abate”) (fromOld Frenchabatre),[1] +-ment;[2] equivalent toabate +‎-ment.

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Noun

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abatement (countable anduncountable,pluralabatements)

  1. The act ofabating, or the state of beingabated; alessening,diminution, or reduction; amoderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression.[First attested from 1340 to 1470.][3][1]
    Theabatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof.
  2. (accounting) The deduction of minor revenues incidental to an operation in calculating the cost of the operation.
  3. (law) The action of a person that abates, or without proper authority enters a residence after the death of the owner and before the heir takes possession.[2]
  4. (law) The reduction of the proceeds of a will, when the debts have not yet been satisfied; the reduction of taxes due.[4][First attested around 1150 to 1350.][3]
  5. An amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction;deduction;decrease; arebate ordiscount allowed; in particular from a tax.[Late 15th century.][3]
  7. (heraldry) A mark ofdishonor on anescutcheon; anyfigure added to thecoat of arms tending to lower thedignity orstation of thebearer.[2][Early 17th century.][3]
  8. (Scotland) Waste ofstuff in preparing tosize.[5]
  9. A beating down, a putting down.
  10. A quashing, a judicial defeat, the rendering abortive by law.
  11. Forcible entry of a stranger into an inheritance when the person seised of it dies, and before the heir ordevisee can take possession;ouster.
  12. rebatement, real or imaginary marks ofdisgrace affixed to anescutcheon.

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Derived terms

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Translations

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the act of abating or the state of being abated
(accounting) The deduction of minor revenues incidental to an operation
(law) The action of a person that abates
  • Bulgarian:please add this translation if you can
(law) The reduction of the proceeds of a will
  • Bulgarian:please add this translation if you can
An amount abated
(heraldry) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon
(Scotland) Waste of stuff in preparing to size

References

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  1. ↑1.01.1Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors),Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998],→ISBN), page 2
  2. ↑2.02.12.2Philip Babcock Gove (editor),Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909],→ISBN)
  3. ↑3.03.13.23.3Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abatement”, inThe Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.:Oxford University Press,→ISBN, page 2.
  4. ^Laurence Urdang (editor),The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975],→ISBN), page 1
  5. ^“abatement,n.”, inThe Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh:Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present,→OCLC.

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