Meaning & use
abatement
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A reduction in the amount, degree, or intensity of something, often a nuisance or a tax.
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The city offered a tax abatement to attract new businesses downtown.
Residents demanded noise abatement measures near the busy highway.
A note on using this word
Frequently paired with "tax," "noise," or "pollution" in official and legal contexts.
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reductiondecrease
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