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"note": "of the sea",
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"note": "of price",
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"sense": "the act of abating or the state of being abated",
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"(law) The reduction of the proceeds of a will, when the debts have not yet been satisfied; the reduction of taxes due."
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"An amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed; in particular from a tax."
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},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "An amount abated",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "déduction"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "An amount abated",
"word": "diminuzione"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "An amount abated",
"word": "riduzione"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(heraldry) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "abaissement"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"abatement"
],
"word": "abatement"
}
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