Definition of abatement
1 : the act or process of reducing or otherwise abating something abatement of pollution : the state of being abated a storm continuing without abatement [=without weakening]
2 : an amount abated; especially : a deduction from the full amount of a tax … devised tax credits, refunds, and abatements to benefit private corporations … — William Greider
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Tax abatement deals can cut property tax bills for years; impact fees can be waived; infrastructure grants are often used to run sewer and electric lines and improve roads.
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City, county and state taxpayers are investing in the project by providing incentives totaling about $15.3 million in property and sales tax abatements and up to $6.5 million in land purchase and road improvements.
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The remaining DOC inmates will be trustees that help with general maintenance, cleaning facilities and litter abatement across the parish.
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Re: Tunnel: Carolyn, your answer was spot on for immediate abatement.
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A similar abatement was granted in 2007 for Kimberly-Clark.
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Re: Tunnel: Carolyn, your answer was spot on for immediate abatement.
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Kucinich and corporate Cleveland famously fought over tax abatements and Muny Light.
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The expiration, earlier this year, of a tax-abatement law, 421-a, encouraged residential builders to dig quickly, to achieve grandfather status and thus better financing.
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playLegal Definition of abatement
1 : the act or process of abating or the state of being abated challenged the abatement of her bequest abatement of a private nuisance by self-help — W. L. Prosser and W. P. Keeton
2 : an amount abated : deduction; especially : a deduction from the full amount of a tax
in abatement
: subject to termination because of a formal or procedural defect there shall be no reversal in the Supreme Court…for error in ruling upon matters in abatement — U.S. Code
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