abatement
abatement
Definition
abate·ment (-mənt)
noun
- a lessening or reduction
- an amount deducted; extent of a reduction
- Law the termination of a suit, quashing of a nuisance, etc.
Etymology: OFr: see abate
abatement
Synonyms
abatement Finance Definition
The
reduction or suspension of payments. For example, a municipality may give a
corporation tax abatements to lure the corporation to the city. An abatement
also may be used in a contract in the event that some extraordinary situation
arises. See also tax abatement.
abatement
Law Definition
n
- The act of abating.
- The process of, or the state of, being abated.
- The amount abated.
abatement
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- nuisance: These conditions might relate to payment of rent or the abatement of a nuisance.
- pension: Statements of policy concerning abatement of retirement pension in new employment 42.
- rent: Partial destruction entitles the tenant to an abatement of rent.
- fee: A complaint classified as IPS would, if upheld, enable the Law Society to order compensation and a refund or abatement of fees.
Converse of object
- require: The court will then make an order requiring the abatement of the nuisance or prohibiting its recurrence.
- concern: Statements of policy concerning abatement of retirement pension in new employment 42.
- secure: The Council [ SCDC ] may also take proceedings in the High Court for securing the abatement, prohibition or restriction of the nuisance.
Adjective modifier
- nuisance: Position reviews zoning approvals and performs inspections for property maintenance, zoning compliance and nuisance abatement.
Modifies a noun
- notice: You can report noise online here In cases where noise nuisance has been proved an abatement notice will be served.
- equipment: Dust emissions from its two seed plants will be significantly reduced by new abatement equipment.
- measure: Hazard abatement measures - against electric shock or the effects of electromagnetic emissions - are also addressed in IEC standards.
- technology: Due to the cost of abatement technology, the cost of this disposal route has soared.
- zone: Noise abatement zones register ( Control of Pollution Act 1974 ).
- strategy: Ideally, an abatement strategy would detail the most cost-effective set of emission reductions needed to attain critical loads.
Noun used with modifier
- noise: Maybe the drivers could be served with a noise abatement notice?
- odor: Furthermore, the submission does not include any details of odor abatement and hence is also contrary to the above policy.
- pollution: Reduction in the cost of pollution abatement by process optimization.
- asbestos: Asbestos Abatement in the 1990s by Laurie Kazan-Allen was published in the July, 1996 issue of the The Occupational Health Review.
- carbon: Britain will become a leader in clean coal and carbon abatement policies.
- flood: We are looking particularly at the marsh area, the need for flood abatement set against a healthy reedbed with its attendant wildlife.
