adjustment
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- noun
- /əˈdʒʌstmənt/
- Specialized
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ajuste
- The accountant made a significant adjustment to the final figures to reflect the recent changes in tax regulations.
- make adjustments
- price adjustment
- cost-of-living adjustments
So this is this factors in, you know, price adjustments, inflation.
- So this is this factors in, you know, price adjustments, inflation.
- That's called the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, and it is a revisions adjustment.
- Well, it's going to potentially change the amount that people need to pay in loan level price adjustments.
Examples
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Now, that's subject to adjustment for month of birth.
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Inflation adjustments are made to pricing power, not to ratios.
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For an adjustment of status.
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We need to make an adjustment.
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Well, I think the adjustment should be about thirty dollars.
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Prices were similarly set but included an adjustment based on changes in the Consumer Price Index.
Academic text (1991) -
Sandy, Mr. McCully wants to make some adjustments to his contract.
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Some models also include adjustments for respondents' age, gender, race, and marital status as individual controls.
Academic text (2011) -
There are currently seventeen local adjustment projects operating across the country, covering approximately 3,500 workers.
Academic text (1990) -
In our worldview, the Texas legislature needs to continue considering incremental adjustments to the workers' comp system.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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4.0
A number added or taken away to make a measurement more accurate
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3.3
An amount of money set aside in business for possible losses
An entry made at the end of a period to record income or costs for that period
An accounting change that updates asset and liability values to current exchange rates or market prices
Compounds
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4.4
A change made to numbers to remove regular changes that happen each year
How Consistent
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5.5
- Specialized
- Specialized
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3.7
21
3.6
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5.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Adjustment comes from ad- 'to' and just 'right', the same root as just and justice. So an adjustment is an amount added or taken away to make a total 'right', which is why bills and accounts show adjustments.