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rebatement

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re⋅bate⋅ment

[ri-beyt-muhnt]
–noun Heraldry.
abatement (def. 5).

Origin:
1555–65; rebate 1 + -ment

a⋅bate⋅ment

[uh-beyt-muhnt]
–noun
1. the act or state of abating or the state of being abated; reduction; decrease; alleviation; mitigation.
2. suppression or termination: abatement of a nuisance; noise abatement.
3. an amount deducted or subtracted, as from the usual price or the full tax.
4. Law.
a. a reduction of a tax assessment.
b. the termination of a nuisance.
c. 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.
d. a decrease in the legacies of a will when the assets of an estate are insufficient to pay all general legacies in full.
5. Also called rebatement. Heraldry. a charge or mark that, when introduced into a coat of arms, indicates the owner's disgrace.

Origin:
1300–50; ME < MF; see abate, -ment


1. lessening, letup, diminution. 2. end, cessation.


1. intensification, increase.
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Main Entry: abate·ment
Pronunciation: &-'bAt-m&nt
Function: noun
1 : the act or process of abating or the state of being abated abatement of her bequest> <abatement of a private nuisance by self-help —W. L. Prosser and W. Pacific Reporter Keeton>
2 : an amount abated : DEDUCTION; especially : a deduction from the full amount of a tax—in abatement : subject to termination because of a formal or procedural defect in abatement —U.S. Code>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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