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alennus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abasement noun The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low.
  • concession noun Something given up or granted, especially as a compromise.
  • discount noun A reduction in the usual price of something.
  • Markdown noun A lightweight way of formatting plain text using ordinary keyboard characters, so that asterisks around a word make it bold, a hash at the start of a line makes it a heading, and so on. The file stays readable as it is, and software can turn it into formatted output such as a web page.
  • reduction noun The act of making something smaller, or the amount by which it has been decreased.

Senses

alennus is used for these senses in English:

  • abasement The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low. [Mid 16th century.]
  • concession (chiefly, UK) A discounted price offered to certain classes of people, such as students or the elderly.
  • reduction The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.
  • relegation The act of being relegated

abasement — full definition

  1. noun The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low.
  2. noun The state of being abased or humbled; humiliation or degradation; a feeling of having been reduced in dignity, reputation, stature, self-esteem or respect.

concession — full definition

  1. noun Something given up or granted, especially as a compromise.
  2. noun A right granted by an authority to run a business or use land, or a discounted price for certain groups.

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