单词 | perequation |
释义 | perequationn. rare before late 19th cent. The action of making equal; spec. the addition of an amount to one price or cost to make it equal to another. Also occasionally: a state of equality or fairness. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > making equal coequation1471 perequation1611 equiparation1615 pariation1623 adequation1650 equation1656 equalization1793 nivellization1947 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Perequation, a perequation; an equalling, or making euen. 1884 Times 6 Aug. 2/6 It is not by means of sweeping reductions that the so-called ‘perequation’ can be arrived at with just regard to the general interest. 1920 Times 4 Aug. 4/3 This price we pay for English coal has obliged us to force up the interior price for our own coal, by a ‘perequation’, so as not to handicap those..who are obliged by geographical reasons to burn English coal only. 1973 H. Trevelyan Diplomatic Channels ix. 132 It was egalitarianism run mad, the doctrine of the perequation of misery. 2001 W. European Politics (Nexis) 1 Apr. 95 To a certain extent, economic deficiencies..are compensated for by a complex system of financial perequation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611 |
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