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What (who) is Abatement - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Abatement of freehold; Abatement in litigation; Abatement of false lights; Abatement in commerce; Abatement (disambiguation)
abatement
Abatement means a reduction in the strength or power of something or the reduction of it. (FORMAL)
...the abatement of carbon dioxide emissions.
...noise abatement.
N-UNCOUNT: also a N
abatement
n.
1.
Diminution, decrease, decrement, lessening, mitigation, moderation, assuagement, extenuation, remission.
2.
Subsidence, decline, lowering, sinking, settling, wane, fading, evanishing, evanishment, ebb.
3.
Discount, allowance, rebate, deduction, reduction, drawback.
abatement
n. 1) the removal of a problem which is against public or private policy, or endangers others, including nuisances such as weeds that might catch fire on an otherwise empty lot; 2) an equal reduction of recovery of debts by all creditors when there are not enough funds or assets to pay the full amount; 3) an equal reduction of benefits to beneficiaries (heirs) when an estate is not large enough to pay each beneficiary in full.
See also: abate
Wikipedia
Abatement
Abatement refers generally to a lessening, diminution, reduction, or moderation; specifically, it may refer to:
- 421-a tax abatement, property tax exemption in the U.S. state of New York
- Abatement of debts and legacies, a common law doctrine of wills
- Abatement in pleading, a legal defense to civil and criminal actions
- Abatement (heraldry), a modification of the shield or coat of arms imposed by authority for misconduct
- Asbestos abatement, removal of asbestos from structures
- Bird abatement, driving or removing undesired birds from an area
- Dust abatement, the process of inhibiting the creation of excess soil dust
- Graffiti abatement, a joint effort between groups to eliminate graffiti
- Marginal abatement cost, the marginal cost of reducing pollution
- Noise abatement, strategies to reduce noise pollution or its impact
- Nuisance abatement, regulatory compliance methodology
- Tax abatement, temporary reduction or elimination of a tax
Examples of use of Abatement
1. Officials told Mr Keighley he faced a noise abatement notice.
2. "We then planned to serve a noise abatement notice.
3. The Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the U.S.
4. Diversification in the approach to carbon abatement is essential.
5. In the south–east, the election witnessed a localised abatement of a profound Conservative attrition.