ABATEMENTS Synonyms: 114 Similar and Opposite Words

abatements

noun

plural of abatement

as in deductions

something that is or may be subtracted entitled to a tax abatement for child care expenses

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as in reductions

the amount by which something is lessened there's been a significant abatement in noise from the floor above since the upstairs neighbors installed carpets

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as in abolitions

the doing away with something by formal action sought an abatement of the court proceeding on the grounds that the plaintiff had no legal standing in the case

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Recent Examples of abatements Amounts will vary widely among taxpayers, but tax refunds or abatements could be substantial in some cases, particularly for businesses and taxpayers with substantial failure-to-pay penalties. —

Medora Lee, USA Today, 4 June 2026 The complaint alleges the city is unlawfully inflating the assessed value, and taxes, of commercial properties that file abatements. —

Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 26 May 2026 Advertisement Protective claims can also be filed for abatements on interest and penalties that have not yet been paid. —

Connor Greene, Time, 11 May 2026 Water damage and mold meant people trying to bring the building back to life have had to strip out insulation, conduct asbestos abatements and shut off unsafe parts of the chapel. —

Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026 For years, the city has calculated its compliance with that limit using a methodology that excludes certain abatements from the operating levy, relying largely on a crisis-era attorney general opinion addressing reserves for uncollectible taxes tied to debt service. —

Martha E. Stark, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026 During the last quarter of 2025, the city conducted 121 small abatements along with waterways and another 13 operations within the 10 no-encampment zones around interim housing sites. —

Devan Patel, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026 Large corporations are able to get property tax abatements on a dime for dollar basis. —

Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026 Why should developers along this 2-mile stretch of Broadway receive sweeping property tax abatements for doing exactly what the law already requires? —

Jack Markowski, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026

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Adapting the private-sector pay structure for all work in prison could result in fair wages – that’s if deductions are revised to be fair as well.

— Julia Bowling, The Conversation, 29 May 2026
The 1% floor on corporate deductions stacks directly against the existing 10% cap.

— Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026