单词 | adjusted |
释义 | adjustedadj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [adjective] > of or relating to equilibrium > balanced evenc1390 pesablea1500 balanced1592 level1600 well-poised1603 well-balanceda1622 equipendenta1640 equilibrious1643 equiponderant1646 equiponderate1646 adjusted1652 equilibrous1652 equilibrated1664 equipoised1681 fairly-balanced1779 equilibriated1870 equilibrized1889 1652 J. Paulet tr. P. Le Moyne Gallery Heroick Women 93 Surely also it is wonderful to behold, such regular Enormities, and such adjusted proportions amidst so great excesse. 1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana iii. xvi. 395 Their Virtues concurr and become adjusted in one determinate point. 1744 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons (new ed.) 167 The full-adjusted Harmony of Things. 1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude I. xv. 243 A species of thrift, which by an adjusted balance of caprice and parsimony, saved nothing in the event. b. Finance. Of an account, financial record, etc.: balanced, settled, or audited. Cf. adjust v.2 1c. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [adjective] > auditing or audited adjusted1689 audited1819 auditorial1883 1689 in Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts (1751) III. 472 By an adjusted Account it appears, that the English Adventurers advanced in the Years 1641 and 1642, about four hundred thousand Pounds. 1787 J. Fraser Answer to Charges R. Stewart App. K. p.xxxiv If the law admits of no charge of interest, but on the balance of an adjusted account, yet equity, I am informed, makes exceptions in particular cases. 1835 N. Ames Old Sailor's Yarns 336 He retired from business..with a clear conscience, adjusted books, and not a single cent of debt. 1866 Rep. Director Public Instr. Bombay 1864–5 Appendix F. 62 Including charges on account of schools open during part of the year only, and in some cases adjusted amounts of preceding year. 1910 Street & Electr. Railways 1907 (U.S. Bureau of Census) 166/2 (table) Adopted for adjusted accounts of Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Co. 1953 Accounting Rev. 28 377/2 Some explanation of the relation between the adjusted and unadjusted statements for 1947 is desirable. 2000 Econ. Jrnl. 110 f153 The adjusted accounts balance by construction, and arguably are an improvement over the initial unadjusted estimates. c. Chiefly Insurance. Of a claim, loss, etc.: settled; determined. Cf. adjust v.2 1d. ΚΠ 1816 E. Christian Pract. Instr. for suing out & prosecuting Comm. of Bankrupt 102 (table) Adjusted loss at 2s. 1d. per cent. 1849 Rep. Supreme Courts Scotl. 21 546 They give a true statement of the premiums received, and the adjusted losses. 1862 Ann. Rep. Comm. Land Office State of Michigan 9 A detailed statement, showing each trespass detected, the adjusted damages, and the expenses incurred, with vouchers is on file in this office. 1917 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 22 Apr. 16/3 The adjusted losses on this class totaled $2,312,353. 1968 ALA Bull. 62 424/1 The policy provides, ‘Each loss or damage shall be adjusted separately, and from the amount of each adjusted claim the sum of $—— shall be deducted’. 1999 S. L. Weisman Need & Greed 190 Those investors who went for the plan can hope to have a final claim for 70 percent of their adjusted claims. 2. a. Arranged, altered, or modified; regulated; properly ordered or positioned.Recorded earliest in well-adjusted adj. 1.preadjusted: see pre- prefix 1a(a)(i). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > [adjective] > arranged ordinate?a1425 disposed1526 instructed1538 marshalled1579 adjusted1657 ordered1712 descript1775 collocated1836 arranged1841 1657 J. D. in J. Poole Eng. Parnassus Pref. sig. a6v She was pleas'd to come Into a fair and well adjusted room. 1684 tr. S. Du Clos Observ. Mineral Waters France 123 At the end of this Pipe there is a small Scale to receive the adjusted Weights. 1764 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 193/1 The observations made by Mr Ferguson, seem more to be depended upon, as taken by an Adjusted clock to equal time. 1832 London & Edinb. Philos. Mag. Nov. 342 The line of collimation of the adjusted telescope will now point level. 1865 J. B. Mozley 8 Lect. Miracles viii. 175 Who could stand firm, and maintain a moderate and adjusted ground against the strong tendencies to extravagance. 1891 Cent. Dict. at Thermostat A thermostatically adjusted radiator. 1940 C. A. Heiland Geophysical Explor. ix. 548 Adjusted times are plotted against the location of depth points. 1976 J. S. Flemming Inflation xi. 109 Moreover baskets including foodstuffs will display seasonality which one would probably not want to reflect in the adjusted payments. 1984 A. C. Duxbury & A. Duxbury Introd. World's Oceans i. 11 The traditional and familiar world map..is the Mercator projection, an adjusted form of the cylindrical type. 2003 M. Flynn Wreck of River of Stars 222 Satterwaithe logged the adjusted position for the target asteroid. b. Adapted to an environment; spec. (chiefly Psychology) emotionally, cognitively, or behaviourally adapted to an environment or situation.Frequently with preceding modifying adverb. Cf. well-adjusted adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > adaptability to circumstances > [adjective] > adapted to one's circumstances adjusted1876 1876 J. E. Taylor Acquarium iii. 29 If there are too many plants the principle of natural selection soon sets in; the weakly or badly adjusted species die off. 1924 J. J. B. Morgan Psychol. of Unadjusted School Child i. i. 4 It is the function of the parent and teacher to encourage the successfully adjusted children. 1937 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Apr. 358 We may regard the adjusted group..as a small culture pocket or subculture within the larger culture. 1996 T. Moore Re-enchantment Everyday Life 284 In a world where the pressure to be normal and adjusted is heavy, enchantment may require eccentricities of many kinds. Compounds adjusted gross income n. U.S. an individual's or corporation's gross income after certain adjustments are made for accounting or other purposes; (in later use) spec. the total annual income of an individual or corporation minus certain deductions and exemptions, esp. used for calculating income tax. ΚΠ 1911 Amer. Econ. Rev. 1 707 The balance being the unearned increment on property owned previous to January 1, 1909, deducted from the corporate gross income, gives the adjusted gross income. 1944 Individual Income Tax Bill 1944 (78th U.S. Congr. 2nd Sess. H.R. Doc. No. 1365) 3 The bill introduces a new concept, adjusted gross income. It is defined to mean gross income less business deductions. 1989 Wall St. Jrnl. 19 Sept. a31/2 The only clear beneficiaries of the tax system now in effect are those with more than $150,000 in adjusted gross income. 2006 Amer. Jrnl. Compar. Law 54 654 In 2005, a married couple's personal exemptions begin to phase out at $218,950 of adjusted gross income. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1652 |
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