abatements
Lessening of amounts
Abatements are reductions or decreases, typically in amount, intensity, or force.
The term appears most often in legal and financial contexts: tax abatements reduce what's owed, rent abatements lower housing costs, and noise abatement programs aim to reduce sound levels.
The city offered tax abatements to attract new businesses.
Conclusion from premises
- exemptionRelease from requirement
- rebateReturned portion of payment
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
- write-offRecorded value reduction
allowance · discount · reduction · break · relief · incentive · concession · remission
Reduction in size
- lesseningBecoming reduced in degree
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
- declineDecrease or refuse
- mitigationReduction of severity
curtailment · lowering · shrinkage · subsidence · moderation · tempering · easing · slackening
Reduction of intensity
- respiteShort pause from hardship
- reprievePostponement of punishment
- mollificationAct of calming anger
- ameliorationMaking something less bad
palliation · assuagement · softening · relaxation · letting · suspension · intermission · lull
Cause of aggravation
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
- noiseUnwanted auditory disturbance
- dustFine settled particles
- odorPerceived atmospheric emission
hazard · violation · enforcement · order · notice · proceeding · injunction · remedy
deduction
Conclusion from premises
- exemptionRelease from requirement
- rebateReturned portion of payment
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
write-off · allowance · discount · reduction · break · relief · incentive · concession · remission · waiver
diminution
Reduction in size
mitigation · curtailment · lowering · shrinkage · subsidence · moderation · tempering · easing · slackening · weakening
alleviation
Reduction of intensity
- respiteShort pause from hardship
- reprievePostponement of punishment
- mollificationAct of calming anger
amelioration · palliation · assuagement · softening · relaxation · letting · suspension · intermission · lull · breather
nuisance
Cause of aggravation
odor · hazard · violation · enforcement · order · notice · proceeding · injunction · remedy · compliance
- taxationtax, income tax, sales tax, tax return, tax refund
- tax breakstax break, tax breaks, tax credit, tax benefits, tax relief
- local taxescity tax, county tax, municipal tax, school tax, property tax
- tax exemptionsreligious exemption, tax exemption, military exemption, sales tax exemption
abatementsincreases
Becomes greater in amount
augmentations · additions · enlargements · expansions · amplifications
abatementssurcharges
Additional fees imposed
increases · markups · rate hikes · tax increases · additions
abatementsintensifications
Increases in strength
escalations · aggravations · exacerbations · worsenings · amplifications
- noise abatementReducing excessive loudness
- tax abatementReduction in owed levies