- en|tail|ment
- en|tail|ment «ehn TAYL muhnt», noun.the action of entailing.
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cur|tail´ment — cur|tail «kur TAYL», transitive verb. to cut short; cut off part of; reduce; lessen: »The boy s father curtailed his allowance from $1 to 50 cents. SYNONYM(S): abbreviate, abridge, diminish. See syn. under shorten. (Cf. ↑shorten) ╂[variant of… … Useful english dictionary
dis|en|tail|ment — «DIHS ehn TAYL muhnt», noun. Law. the act of disentailing; breaking an entail … Useful english dictionary
tail — av·en·tail; bat·tail·ous; bone·tail; cow·tail; cur·tail·ment; de·tail·er; dove·tail·er; en·tail·er; en·tail·ment; flat·tail; por·tail; re·tail·er; re·tail·ing; re·tail·ment; tail; tail·coat·ed; tail·end·er; tail·less; tail·leur; tail·lie;… … English syllables
cur|tail´er — cur|tail «kur TAYL», transitive verb. to cut short; cut off part of; reduce; lessen: »The boy s father curtailed his allowance from $1 to 50 cents. SYNONYM(S): abbreviate, abridge, diminish. See syn. under shorten. (Cf. ↑shorten) ╂[variant of… … Useful english dictionary
cur|tail — «kur TAYL», transitive verb. to cut short; cut off part of; reduce; lessen: »The boy s father curtailed his allowance from $1 to 50 cents. SYNONYM(S): abbreviate, abridge, diminish. See syn. under shorten. (Cf. ↑shorten) ╂[variant of curtal;… … Useful english dictionary
curtailment — cur·tail·ment … English syllables
entailment — en·tail·ment … English syllables
retailment — re·tail·ment … English syllables
Re — Re; re·able; re·absorb; re·absorption; re·accept; re·access; re·accession; re·acclimatization; re·acclimatize; re·accommodate; re·accommodation; re·accounting; re·accredit; re·accreditation; re·acetylation; re·acknowledge; re·acquaint;… … English syllables
entail — en·tail 1 /in tāl/ vt [Middle English entaillen, from en , causative prefix + taille restriction on inheritance see tail]: to make (an estate in real property) a fee tail: limit the descent of (real property) by restricting inheritance to… … Law dictionary
