abatement
消减,减排,减免,减轻
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Definitions
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- : the act or state of abating or the state of being abated; reduction; decrease; alleviation; mitigation.
- : suppression or termination: abatement of a nuisance; noise abatement.
- : an amount deducted or subtracted, as from the usual price or the full tax.
- : Law. a reduction of a tax assessment.the termination of a nuisance.a wrongful entry on land made by a stranger, after the owner's death and before the owner's heir or devisee has obtained possession.a decrease in the legacies of a will when the assets of an estate are insufficient to pay all general legacies in full.
- : Also called rebatement. Heraldry. a charge or mark that, when introduced into a coat of arms, indicates the owner's disgrace.
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Examples
City data shows the number of postings and so-called abatements have decreased in recent months as the number of camps downtown has grown.
So-called abatement operations where homeless San Diegans are required to move to allow for cleaning dramatically ramped up on former Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s watch.
“The future does appear daunting, with the situation showing no signs of abatement.”
So there’s subleasing, there’s rent abatement, they can utilize security deposits applied towards rent.
Nevertheless, Kitchell goes on to recommend a massively expensive abatement project that is not based on a thorough inspection of building conditions, or a complete analysis of available documents.
He was hired by a local NGO working on poverty abatement issues.
Environmental lead abatement does a better job of explaining the crime decrease than almost any other variable.
Yet after every abatement has been made, they showed a strength of popular attachment to the Church which is very noteworthy.
The distress from his head continued for some time with little abatement, and naturally much affected his tone of mind.
If so, that is another difficulty in the way of making abatement in our demand, without their consent.
Here it may well be thought that the supernatural gift only took its appropriate abatement.