jäädytys — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abeyance noun (law) A state in which it is not yet settled who owns a piece of land or a title.
- freeze verb To turn solid from cold, or to lower something's temperature until it does.
- icing noun A sweet coating, usually made from sugar and often butter or egg white, spread or piped onto cakes and other baked goods.
Senses
jäädytys is used for these senses in English:
- abeyance (legal) Expectancy; a condition when an ownership of real property is undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title. [Late 16th century]
- freeze A halt of a regular operation.
- freeze (business, finance) A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.
- icing The process of forming a layer of ice on a surface.
abeyance — full definition
- noun (law) A state in which it is not yet settled who owns a piece of land or a title.
- noun A temporary stop or pause; a dormant state.
- noun (law) A state in which a noble title still exists but currently has no holder.
freeze — full definition
- verb To turn solid from cold, or to lower something's temperature until it does.
- verb To suddenly become motionless, often from fear or surprise.
- verb Of a machine, program, or system, to stop responding.
- verb To stop something, such as prices, wages, or assets, from changing or moving.
- noun A period of very cold weather, or an official halt on something changing.
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