adjustment 5
noundomain: possession
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
Examples
- 1.an allowance for profit
Hypernym
recompense 1
noun
payment or reward (as for service rendered)
EnglishDerivationally related form
adjust 5
verb
decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim
Hyponym
an allowance for changes in the consumer price index
an allowance for loss due to depreciation
deduction 2
noun
an amount or percentage deducted
a statistical adjustment made to accommodate predictable fluctuations as a function of the season of the year
tare 1
noun
an adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods
