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PERMISSIVE WASTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does permissive waste mean?
• PERMISSIVE WASTE (noun)
The noun PERMISSIVE WASTE has 1 sense:
1. (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
Familiarity information: PERMISSIVE WASTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
permissive waste; waste
Hypernyms ("permissive waste" is a kind of...):
act; deed; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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