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From French ajustement, or else adjust + -ment.
adjustment (countable and uncountable, plural adjustments)
- The action of adjusting something
- Synonyms: change, correction, modification
- The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration
- Synonyms: change, modification
- The settling or balancing of a financial account
The credit card company made an adjustment to my account to waive the late fee.
- The behavioural process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment.
When Jim graduated, he found adjustment to the working world difficult.
- The assessment, by an insurance company, of a claim; the settlement of such a claim
action of adjusting
- Bulgarian: настро́йка (bg) f (nastrójka)
- Dutch: aanpassen (nl) n
- Finnish: säätäminen (fi), säätö (fi)
- German: Anpassen n, geringfügiges Ändern n
- Hungarian: beállítás (hu), szabályozás (hu), hangolás (hu), finombeállítás, finomhangolás (hu), igazítás (hu), kiigazítás (hu), korrigálás (hu), helyesbítés (hu), módosítás (hu), változtatás (hu)
- Malayalam: ക്രമീകരണം (ml) (kramīkaraṇaṁ)
- Manx: kiartagh m, cochiartagh m
- Maori: whakarerekētanga
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: justering m or f
- Nynorsk: justering f
- Vietnamese: sự điều chỉnh
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result of adjusting, small change
- Arabic: ضَبْط (ar) m (ḍabṭ)
- Basque: egokitze
- Bulgarian: нагласяване (bg) n (naglasjavane), приспособяване (bg) n (prisposobjavane), настройка (bg) f (nastrojka)
- Catalan: ajust (ca) m, ajustament m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 調整 / 调整 (zh) (tiáozhěng)
- Czech: přizpůsobení (cs), úprava (cs)
- Danish: justering c, tilpasning (da) c
- Dutch: aanpassing (nl) c, bijstelling (nl) c
- Esperanto: adapto, akomodo, alĝustigo, ĝustigo
- Finnish: säätö (fi), hienosäätö
- French: ajustement (fr) m, arèglement m
- German: Anpassung (de) f, Regulierung (de) f, geringfügige Änderung f
- Greek: διευθέτηση (el) f (diefthétisi), ρύθμιση (el) f (rýthmisi), προσαρμογή (el) f (prosarmogí), διαβάθμηση f (diaváthmisi)
- Guaraní: please add this translation if you can
- Hebrew: כִּוּוּן (he) m
- Hungarian: beállítás (hu), módosítás (hu), kiigazítás (hu), igazítás (hu), változtatás (hu), korrekció (hu), revízió (hu), korrigálás (hu), helyesbítés (hu)
- Interlingua: adjustamento
- Irish: gabháil m, ceartú m, inleadh m
- Italian: adattamento (it) m, inserimento (it) m
- Japanese: 調整 (ja) (ちょうせい, chōsei), 調節 (ja) (ちょうせつ, chōsetsu)
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Kyrgyz: жөнгө салуу (ky) (jöngö saluu), ыңгайлаштыруу (ky) (ıŋgaylaştıruu), ылайыктоо (ılayıktoo)
- Latin: accommodātiō f
- Maori: whakarerekētanga
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: justering m or f
- Nynorsk: justering f
- Polish: ustawienie (pl) n, regulacja (pl) f
- Portuguese: ajustamento m, ajuste (pt) m
- Romanian: ajustare (ro) f, acomodare (ro) f
- Russian: приспоса́бливание (ru) (prisposáblivanije), регулиро́вка (ru) f (reguliróvka), настро́йка (ru) f (nastrójka), юстиро́вка (ru) f (justiróvka)
- Slovak: prispôsobenie n, úprava f
- Slovene: popravek m
- Spanish: ajuste (es) m, modificación (es) f
- Swedish: justering (sv) c
- Telugu: సర్దుబాటు (sardubāṭu)
- Tupinambá: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: ayarlama (tr), ayar (tr)
- Welsh: cyweiriad m
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settling or balancing of a financial account
process of balancing conflicting needs
assessment or settlement by an insurance company