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Definition of abatement in English: abatementnoun əˈbeɪtm(ə)ntəˈbeɪtmənt mass noun1The action of abating or being abated; ending or subsiding. this trend shows no sign of abatement Example sentencesExamples - It is expected to be anchored there for a number of days to await the abatement of unusual southerly headwinds.
- Things heated up as the TA started negotiating rent abatement for tenants who were without gas for months on end.
- Colchester Council slapped a noise abatement notice on the site.
- Since January 2002 this trend has continued and shows no signs of abatement.
- The pub was served with the noise abatement order after a resident of a neighbouring housing development complained to the council.
- A noise abatement order issued in November last year failed to stop the music.
- Despite the obstacles early weed abatement programs faced, weed control efforts proliferated.
- Monday's ruling from the state tax commission has extended the tax abatement until 2010.
- The fact that there is no abatement also differentiates the student allowance from all other government support.
- My advice would be to hold out for a rent abatement of some sort.
- That path, that we have tended to follow in the past as in the present, has led us no closer to an abatement of the widespread savagery of criminals.
- Council leader Smith has promised an abatement of problems in the Purfleet area caused by hundreds of heavy lorries.
- He said the federal government targets only about $150 million a year for lead abatement.
- But victims complain that it takes a long time to obtain a noise abatement notice requiring their neighbours to turn down the volume.
- A single case of noise-induced hearing loss might be the trigger for intensified noise abatement.
- He was informed by the seller that it required as much as $400,000 worth of asbestos abatement.
- This is not to over-simplify the crime wave that's sweeping through the country with no apparent abatement.
- MSgt Samson's discovery set in motion the permanent abatement of this hazard.
- I have been very idle lately; both from the overpowering idea of our dead poets and from abatement of my love of fame.
- Lead abatement has been subject to stringent laws for many years throughout the country.
Synonyms subsiding, dying down/away/out, dropping off/away, lessening, easing (off), decrease, diminishing, moderation, decline, declining, fade, dwindling, cooling off, tailing off, petering out, tapering off, wane, waning, ebb, relenting, desisting, weakening lessening, decrease, moderation, easing, softening, soothing, relief, blunting, deadening, alleviation, mitigation, mollification, allaying, assuagement, palliation, tempering, appeasement, attenuation decrease, reduction, lowering - 1.1Law The reduction or removal of a nuisance.
as modifier it was resolved to serve an abatement notice Example sentencesExamples - MSgt Samson's discovery set in motion the permanent abatement of this hazard.
- This is not to over-simplify the crime wave that's sweeping through the country with no apparent abatement.
- He said the federal government targets only about $150 million a year for lead abatement.
- That path, that we have tended to follow in the past as in the present, has led us no closer to an abatement of the widespread savagery of criminals.
- A single case of noise-induced hearing loss might be the trigger for intensified noise abatement.
- But victims complain that it takes a long time to obtain a noise abatement notice requiring their neighbours to turn down the volume.
- Colchester Council slapped a noise abatement notice on the site.
- Things heated up as the TA started negotiating rent abatement for tenants who were without gas for months on end.
- I have been very idle lately; both from the overpowering idea of our dead poets and from abatement of my love of fame.
- Council leader Smith has promised an abatement of problems in the Purfleet area caused by hundreds of heavy lorries.
- Monday's ruling from the state tax commission has extended the tax abatement until 2010.
- My advice would be to hold out for a rent abatement of some sort.
- The pub was served with the noise abatement order after a resident of a neighbouring housing development complained to the council.
- Since January 2002 this trend has continued and shows no signs of abatement.
- It is expected to be anchored there for a number of days to await the abatement of unusual southerly headwinds.
- He was informed by the seller that it required as much as $400,000 worth of asbestos abatement.
- The fact that there is no abatement also differentiates the student allowance from all other government support.
- A noise abatement order issued in November last year failed to stop the music.
- Lead abatement has been subject to stringent laws for many years throughout the country.
- Despite the obstacles early weed abatement programs faced, weed control efforts proliferated.
Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from Old French abatre ‘fell, put an end to’ (see abate). Definition of abatement in US English: abatementnounəˈbeɪtməntəˈbātmənt (often in legal use) the ending, reduction, or lessening of something. an abatement in the purchase price Example sentencesExamples - My advice would be to hold out for a rent abatement of some sort.
- Lead abatement has been subject to stringent laws for many years throughout the country.
- A noise abatement order issued in November last year failed to stop the music.
- He was informed by the seller that it required as much as $400,000 worth of asbestos abatement.
- MSgt Samson's discovery set in motion the permanent abatement of this hazard.
- It is expected to be anchored there for a number of days to await the abatement of unusual southerly headwinds.
- I have been very idle lately; both from the overpowering idea of our dead poets and from abatement of my love of fame.
- Monday's ruling from the state tax commission has extended the tax abatement until 2010.
- The pub was served with the noise abatement order after a resident of a neighbouring housing development complained to the council.
- Colchester Council slapped a noise abatement notice on the site.
- He said the federal government targets only about $150 million a year for lead abatement.
- That path, that we have tended to follow in the past as in the present, has led us no closer to an abatement of the widespread savagery of criminals.
- Since January 2002 this trend has continued and shows no signs of abatement.
- Despite the obstacles early weed abatement programs faced, weed control efforts proliferated.
- A single case of noise-induced hearing loss might be the trigger for intensified noise abatement.
- The fact that there is no abatement also differentiates the student allowance from all other government support.
- But victims complain that it takes a long time to obtain a noise abatement notice requiring their neighbours to turn down the volume.
- This is not to over-simplify the crime wave that's sweeping through the country with no apparent abatement.
- Things heated up as the TA started negotiating rent abatement for tenants who were without gas for months on end.
- Council leader Smith has promised an abatement of problems in the Purfleet area caused by hundreds of heavy lorries.
Synonyms subsiding, dying away, dying down, dying out, dropping away, dropping off, lessening, easing, easing off, decrease, diminishing, moderation, decline, declining, fade, dwindling, cooling off, tailing off, petering out, tapering off, wane, waning, ebb, relenting, desisting, weakening lessening, decrease, moderation, easing, softening, soothing, relief, blunting, deadening, alleviation, mitigation, mollification, allaying, assuagement, palliation, tempering, appeasement, attenuation decrease, reduction, lowering
Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from Old French abatre ‘fell, put an end to’ (see abate). |