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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 neglectplay

  Familiarity information: PERMISSIVE WASTE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PERMISSIVE WASTE (noun)


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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