(v. t.) To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope.
(v. t.) To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.
(v. t.) To blunt.
(v. t.) To reduce in estimation; to deprive.
(v. t.) To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.
(v. t.) To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
(v. t.) To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.
(v. t.) To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.
(n.) Abatement.
Example Sentences:
(1) Accordingly, the present studies were conducted to determine whether acute OVX-induced FSH hypersecretion can be elicited in an animal model in which the anterior pituitary gland is isolated from diencephalic chemical signals, and if so, whether the hypersecretion could be abated by the FSH-suppressing protein, follistatin.
(2) The histologically demonstrated degree of activity had regressed significantly after the three-week treatment; in 90% of patients the inflammatory process had completely abated.
(3) Adverse effects included nausea, light-headedness, dyskinesias, and hallucinations, all of which abated after the Sinemet dose was reduced.
(4) A 51-year-old manic woman who developed acute severe lithium intoxication with neurotoxicity and nephrotoxicity during rapid abatement of manic episode was reported.
(5) The report of the PSAC Environmental Pollution Panel recommended "demonstration of the feasibility and economy of new developments for abating or controlling pollution through their use at Federal installations" and suggested the coalburning TVA power plants as a likely place for such demonstration.
(6) A few days after hospital admission the symptoms abated.
(7) "The greater the range of emission reduction opportunities that can be tapped into by countries, the more low cost abatement options there are likely to be," the report said.
(8) An accompanying thrombocytopenia was not abated by SQ 30,741.
(9) Even as the sounds of missiles around Şemdinli abate, news of bloody clashes elsewhere in the region keeps locals on their toes.
(10) In vitro, zinc supplement could abate the death of GalN-intoxicated hepatocytes, decrease malonaldehyde (MDA) content, and maintain reduced glutathione (GSH).
(11) Espírito Santo Financial markets regained some poise on Friday as fears abated about the potential spread of problems at one of Portugal's biggest banks.
(12) It's not hard to see why inflationary pressure is abating: the eurozone economy has been flat on its back for the past 18 months.
(13) Walls of the invaginated stump of the cystic duct are swiftly abated as a result of hydrostatic pressure and cover its gap.
(14) Once that abated, the solution for me was to stay and fight the Trump agenda with everything I have.
(15) • Rules requiring local authorities to investigate and abate noise, dust and odour nuisances will be liberalised or improved.
(16) Under treatment with erythromycin the clinical picture of intense swelling of the lid and the copious purulent discharge abated during the following 2 days.
(17) With antiinflammatory treatment the diarrhea abated, the surface epithelial injury decreased, and the subepithelial collagen resolved (two patients), but lamina propria inflammation persisted.
(18) Her symptoms abated when treated with prednisone, but she developed diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis, and compression fracture of lumbar vertebrae while being treated.
(19) In cases observed following the time course, the occasionally increased IR-LHRH in plasma and CSF tended to decrease following the abatement of the diseases.
(20) These actions were fully abated by the pADPRP inhibitor 3-MBA.
Rebate
Definition:
(v. t.) To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
(v. t.) To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties.
(v. i.) To abate; to withdraw.
(n.) Diminution.
(n.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties.
(n.) A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet.
(n.) A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
(n.) An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
(n.) A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
(v. t.) To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v.
Example Sentences:
(1) UK negotiatiors, though, fought back hard -- thus Cameron's fighting talk in his press conference ( see 12.46pm ) 12.49pm BST Open Europe tweets Cameron's tough talk on the rebate: Open Europe (@OpenEurope) Cameron: in Feb we reached a clear deal rebate would remain unchanged, since then some have tried to question this agreement June 28, 2013 Open Europe (@OpenEurope) Cameron: I defeated these attempts to change the rebate, it will remain unchanged for this long term budget June 28, 2013 12.46pm BST David Cameron press conference underway In Brussels, David Cameron is holding his press conference now.
(2) Senior government sources have confirmed the budget razor gang has the fuel tax credit (formerly known as the diesel fuel rebate) “firmly in its sights” – a scheme that rebates miners and farmers and others for the off-road use of diesel.
(3) Established methods of drug product management, such as formularies and MACs, were most commonly reported by HMOs; however, nearly half reported using new approaches, including contracts with manufacturers, incentives, such as discounts and rebates based on use, and exclusive or preferred status.
(4) If there had been no rebate, the UK would have paid more to the common budget than the other countries.
(5) We will retain the UK rebate, but it must be bearable for the other net contributors."
(6) He also launched a strong attack on Labour, which brokered an above-inflation increase and placed the British EU rebate on the table when it led the last budget negotiations during the 2005 UK presidency of the EU.
(7) Although it will include some $150bn in tax relief for people on low and middle incomes, the Obama administration's emphasis on spending marks a shift from the approach of George Bush, who tried to stimulate the economy over the summer simply by sending out millions of tax rebate cheques.
(8) The deputy prime minister and leader of the Nationals, Warren Truss, said: “Nothing that comes out of Paris will affect or have any impact on the diesel fuel rebate.” George Christensen, a Liberal National party MP based in regional Queensland, said signing the proposed communique would be “madness”.
(9) Banks and insurance companies regulated by the Bank of England are receiving a £8m rebate on the fees they pay to fund the banking watchdog – partly as a result of a fine imposed on Royal Bank of Scotland .
(10) As Guardian Australia reported, the government was also seriously considering changes to the rebate paid to farmers and miners for the off-road use of diesel, but after fierce lobbying from both sectorsit is understood to have dropped the idea.
(11) Brussels has never liked the UK’s rebate and it seems unlikely an independent Scotland would be allowed to keep a share of it.
(12) It would approach EU negotiations on the basis of "continuity of effect", meaning that it would expect the provisions that apply to the UK (ie, euro opt-out, the rebate) to continue to apply.
(13) The people who are the super-super-rich buying their houses for £140m, this is not necessarily going to affect them because they have got their tax rebates and their amazing accountants.
(14) Cameron showed he would fight hard to retain the rebate when he was asked on Wednesday by the Tory MP David Nuttall to give a commitment that he would not agree to further reductions.
(15) Following Money's intervention, HomeServe rang Rayner, explained why his premium had risen, and gave him a £100 rebate.
(16) All he is doing is simply counting the rebate that was due anyway, a rebate that was never in doubt, trying to fool people into thinking the bill has been halved.
(17) It has emerged that ministers are considering how to persuade most of the country's 27m homeowners to take part in the flagship scheme - which could lead to incentives such as a rebate on council tax or stamp duty.
(18) Lawyers acting on behalf of three jobseekers including Cait Reilly – the unemployed graduate forced to work unpaid in Poundland – are hoping to overturn a controversial law introduced by the DWP in March which allowed the department to ignore court judgments awarding more than £100m in benefits rebates to a quarter of a million jobseekers.
(19) The changes to rebates for short consultations were part of the government’s “plan B” for Medicare , after Abbott and Dutton conceded in December that the budget policy to introduce a co-payment would not pass the Senate.
(20) This could begin as early as daycare, with accredited agencies being funded to provide children aged one to four with specialty education about water familiarisation and general water safety – including teaching toddlers how to ‘swim to the side to stay alive’.” Hart called on the government to offer swimming lesson rebates to help reduce the financial burden, which can reach up to $300 per term .