rental abatement

Meaning

1. 1nouncountable or uncountablelegal

   A reduction or suspension of rent that a tenant receives when the property is unusable or the landlord has failed to provide proper conditions.

   Grammar: Often uncountable: the tenant sought rental abatement. A countable use names a specific reduction.

   Patterns

   • rental abatement for something
   • seek rental abatement

   The restaurant received rental abatement while the kitchen was closed after a fire.

   Tenants asked for rental abatement because the heating failed for a month.

   The lease allows rental abatement if the landlord cannot supply water.

Word forms

Common combinations

seek rental abatement

The shop owner decided to seek rental abatement.

grant rental abatement

The landlord agreed to grant rental abatement for two months.

entitled to rental abatement

Tenants may be entitled to rental abatement during repairs.

rental abatement clause

The rental abatement clause covers floods and fires.

full rental abatement

They received full rental abatement until the roof was fixed.

Synonyms and how they differ

rent reduction

Rent reduction is the plain wording and says only that rent goes down, with no hint of a legal cause.

rent holiday

A rent holiday is a period of free rent, usually agreed up front as an incentive, not caused by a fault.

rent relief

Rent relief is a broader, often government-driven, support measure and not tied to a lease clause.

rebate

A rebate is money returned after paying, whereas abatement lowers what is owed beforehand.

Opposites

Word family

abate verb

to reduce or lessen

abatement noun

a reduction or ending

rent noun

money paid for use of property

rental noun

a property or item that is rented

Commonly confused: rental abatement or abetment?

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