abatement [
ə'betmənt]
n. 减少, 减轻, 缓和, 折扣, 撤消, 中止
[化] 废料; 失效
[医] 减轻
[经] 折扣, 减税, 降低
- A noise abatement notice is served on the club.
向俱乐部发停止大声喧哗的通知。 - Third, the costs of abatement are large.
第三,减少排放的代价是巨大的。 - A noise abatement notice is served on the club.
向俱乐部发停止大声喧哗的通知。
abatement[ noun ]- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
<noun.event>
- the act of abating
<noun.act>
laws enforcing noise abatement
Abatement \A*bate"ment\ (-ment), n. [OF. abatement, F.
abattement.]
1. The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a
lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an
end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression
thereof.
2. The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of
reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount
allowed.
3. (Her.) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.
4. (Law) The entry of a stranger, without right, into a
freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the
heir or devisee. --Blackstone.
{Defense in abatement}, {Plea in abatement}, (Law), plea to
the effect that from some formal defect (e.g. misnomer,
lack of jurisdiction) the proceedings should be abated.
- The law was a response to hit-and-miss abatement efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency, which in the 1970s began a voluntary program against asbestos in schools.
- It would establish an "algae abatement district," similar to mosquito abatement districts, water districts and fire districts.
- It would establish an "algae abatement district," similar to mosquito abatement districts, water districts and fire districts.
- Hall said it was still too early to assess the impact of the conference, saying there were "definite signs of abatement" in some regions.
- The abatement could save P&G up to $15 million in taxes over 10 years, said David Main, executive director of Hamilton County Development Co., the county's economic development agency.
- The environmental services concern said two of the companies perform industrial waste or salvageable materials vacuuming services, and the other two are asbestos abatement contractors.
- Among major domestic agencies, the Environmental Protection Agency stands to receive increases significantly beyond those sought by the administration, with pollution abatement and control accounts growing by 14% to about $829.9 million.
- But Mikelson, the OSHA spokesman, said, "Historically, the agency has reduced penalties in the interest of obtaining immediate abatement of hazards.
- The Detroit city council has rejected Chrysler Corp.'s request for a $103 million tax abatement on a planned new assembly plant, putting the future of the project in jeopardy.
- Within the Environmental Protection Agency, abatement, control and compliance accounts would total more than $1 billion, a 25% increase over current funding.
- Chrysler has stopped short of saying the $1 billion Jefferson Avenue project is dead unless it gets the abatement.
- Noise abatement is nothing new, of course.
- Eastern Environmental Services Inc., a Tampa, Fla.based asbestos abatement company, began trading under the symbol EESI.
- Inc., an asbestos abatement company, rose 33% to $343.6 million from $257.4 million.
- NSC, a public subsidiary of OHM Corp., an environmental services company, provides asbestos abatement services.
- Mr. Trump has offered to build and rent a site to NBC for $15 to $20 a square foot, provided that the city gives him a 30-year tax abatement both on the nine-acre NBC site and on the 90 other acres in his project.
- They said Kimmins Environmental, an asbestos abatement and industrial dismantling concern, will take over Kimmins's heavy construction and real estate development activities.
- "We're hopeful the council will vote in favor of the abatement."