depletionn.
/dɪˈpliːʃən/ 1. The action of depleting, or condition of being depleted; emptying of contents or supplies; exhaustion.
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the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [noun] > emptiness > emptying
avoidancea1398
voidance1398
voidingc1435
empting1440
teeming?1468
emptying1552
emptening1561
evacuation1593
evacuating1594
exinanition1603
depletion1656
exhaustion1796
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > using up, expending, or consuming > [noun] > using up completely
exhausting1539
spendingc1595
exhausture1611
exhaustment1621
dehaust1654
depletion1656
exhaustion1831
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Depletion, an emptying.
1852 ‘I. Marvel’ Battle Summer (new ed.) 214 With coffers in the last stages of depletion.
1889 Spectator 14 Sept. The depletion of London to the benefit of other English cities.
2. Medicine. The emptying or relieving of overcharged vessels of the body; reduction of plethora or congestion by medicinal agency; bleeding.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments removing or dispersing matter > [noun]
evacuationc1400
depletion1731
abevacuation1754
1731 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Nature Aliments 120 Depletion of the Vessels gives room to the Fluid to expand itself.
1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 471 The mode of treatment..was depletion, followed by a mercurial salivation.
1874 W. H. Van Buren & E. L. Keyes Pract. Treat. Surg. Dis. Genito-urinary Organs 83 The acute symptoms..yield rapidly to local depletion and sedatives.
1890 Times 1 Sept. 7/2 Some blood letting was necessary and natural; but apparently it has gone on so long that a period of depletion has set in.
Compounds
depletion allowance n. U.S. a tax concession allowable in industries where a company's business operations diminish the value of its property assets, as in oil-drilling, etc.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [noun] > tax allowances and deductions > types of
depletion allowance1932
write-off1940
douceur1979
MIRAS1983
1932 Statutes at Large U.S.A. (1933) XLVII. 202 The depletion allowance based on discovery value provided in this paragraph shall not exceed 50 per centum of the net income of the taxpayer.
1965 McGraw-Hill Dict. Mod. Econ. 143 The primary purpose of a depletion allowance is to prevent the imposition of a capital levy on the owners of natural resources.
1974 Saturday (Charleston, S. Carolina) 20 Apr. 10- a/5 By the time the well gets me in the black..the depletion allowance will have been killed by Congress and oil fields will be taxed just like wheat fields, which, of course, can produce forever.
Derivatives
deˈpletionist n. an advocate of depletion.
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1883 Sat. Rev. 14 Apr. 464 Two general views on that question [Scotch crofters]..may be summarized by the two words ‘impletionist’ and ‘depletionist’.
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