SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seasonal adjustment mean? 

• SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT (noun)
  The noun SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT has 1 sense:

1. a statistical adjustment made to accommodate predictable fluctuations as a function of the season of the year

  Familiarity information: SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A statistical adjustment made to accommodate predictable fluctuations as a function of the season of the year

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Context example:

seasonal adjustments for housing starts must be made in mid-winter

Hypernyms ("seasonal adjustment" is a kind of...):

adjustment; allowance (an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances)