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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word abatements:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. abatements: Merriam-Webster
  2. abatements: Collins English Dictionary
  3. abatements: Vocabulary.com
  4. Abatements, abatements: Wordnik
  5. abatements: Wiktionary
  6. abatements: Dictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. abatements: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary

(Note: See abatement as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (abatement)

noun:  The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression.
noun:  (accounting) The deduction of minor revenues incidental to an operation in calculating the cost of the operation.
noun:  (law) The action of a person that abates, or without proper authority enters a residence after the death of the owner and before the heir takes possession.
noun:  (law) The reduction of the proceeds of a will, when the debts have not yet been satisfied; the reduction of taxes due.
noun:  An amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed; in particular from a tax.
noun:  (heraldry) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon; any figure added to the coat of arms tending to lower the dignity or station of the bearer.
noun:  (Scotland) Waste of stuff in preparing to size.
noun:  A beating down, a putting down.
noun:  A quashing, a judicial defeat, the rendering abortive by law.
noun:  Forcible entry of a stranger into an inheritance when the person seised of it dies, and before the heir or devisee can take possession; ouster.
noun:  rebatement, real or imaginary marks of disgrace affixed to an escutcheon.
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