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Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwos

Old Latin *iowos, *iowez-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

English adjustment

From French ajustement, or else adjust +‎ -ment.

(Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /əˈd͡ʒʌst.mənt/
(General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /əˈd͡ʒɐst.mənt/, /əˈd͡ʒast.mənt/
Hyphenation: a‧djust‧ment

adjustment (countable and uncountable, plural adjustments)

The action of adjusting something.
Synonyms: change, correction, modification
The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration.
Synonyms: change, modification
The settling or balancing of a financial account.
The credit card company made an adjustment to my account to waive the late fee.
The behavioral process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment.
When Jim graduated, he found adjustment to the working world difficult.
The assessment, by an insurance company, of a claim; the settlement of such a claim.

action of adjusting

Bulgarian: настро́йка (bg) f (nastrójka)
Dutch: aanpassen (nl) n
Finnish: säätäminen (fi), säätö (fi)
German: Anpassen n, geringfügiges Ändern n
Hungarian: beállítás (hu), szabályozás (hu), hangolás (hu), finombeállítás, finomhangolás (hu), igazítás (hu), kiigazítás (hu), korrigálás (hu), helyesbítés (hu), módosítás (hu), változtatás (hu)
Malayalam: ക്രമീകരണം (ml) (kramīkaraṇaṁ)
Manx: kiartagh m, cochiartagh m
Māori: whakarerekētanga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: justering m or f
Nynorsk: justering f
Vietnamese: sự điều chỉnh

result of adjusting, small change

Arabic: ضَبْط (ar) m (ḍabṭ)
Basque: egokitze
Bulgarian: нагласяване (bg) n (naglasjavane), приспособяване (bg) n (prisposobjavane), настройка (bg) f (nastrojka)
Catalan: ajust (ca) m, ajustament m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 調整 / 调整 (zh) (tiáozhěng)
Czech: přizpůsobení (cs), úprava (cs)
Danish: justering c, tilpasning (da) c
Dutch: aanpassing (nl) c, bijstelling (nl) c
Esperanto: adapto, akomodo, alĝustigo, ĝustigo
Finnish: säätö (fi), hienosäätö
French: ajustement (fr) m, arèglement m
German: Anpassung (de) f, Regulierung (de) f, geringfügige Änderung f
Greek: διευθέτηση (el) f (diefthétisi), ρύθμιση (el) f (rýthmisi), προσαρμογή (el) f (prosarmogí), διαβάθμηση f (diaváthmisi)
Hebrew: כִּוּוּן (he) m
Hungarian: beállítás (hu), módosítás (hu), kiigazítás (hu), igazítás (hu), változtatás (hu), korrekció (hu), revízió (hu), korrigálás (hu), helyesbítés (hu)
Interlingua: adjustamento
Irish: gabháil m, ceartú m, inleadh m
Italian: adattamento (it) m, inserimento (it) m
Japanese: 調整 (ja) (ちょうせい, chōsei), 調節 (ja) (ちょうせつ, chōsetsu)
Korean: 조정(調整) (ko) (jojeong), 조절(調節) (ko) (jojeol)
Kyrgyz: жөнгө салуу (ky) (jöngö saluu), ыңгайлаштыруу (ky) (ıŋgaylaştıruu), ылайыктоо (ılayıktoo)
Latin: accommodātiō f
Māori: whakarerekētanga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: justering m or f
Nynorsk: justering f
Old Tupi: please add this translation if you can
Paraguayan Guarani: please add this translation if you can
Polish: ustawienie (pl) n, regulacja (pl) f
Portuguese: ajustamento m, ajuste (pt) m
Romanian: ajustare (ro) f, acomodare (ro) f
Russian: приспоса́бливание (ru) (prisposáblivanije), регулиро́вка (ru) f (reguliróvka), настро́йка (ru) f (nastrójka), юстиро́вка (ru) f (justiróvka)
Slovak: prispôsobenie n, úprava f
Slovene: popravek m
Spanish: ajuste (es) m, modificación (es) f
Swedish: justering (sv) c
Telugu: సర్దుబాటు (sardubāṭu)
Turkish: ayarlama (tr), ayar (tr)
Welsh: cyweiriad m

settling or balancing of a financial account

assessment or settlement by an insurance company

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