sequestration — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

   the sequestration of juries

   Altri esempi (1)

   In possession of ample property, it was not from motives of retrenchment he had quitted the frequented scenes of life; sequestration during the first months of marriage had been his choice, equally as that of his partner;[…]

   At that time there was no rigid sequestration on the islands, and lepers, if they chose, were allowed to go free.

2. A budget cut resulting from a separation of funding mechanisms.

   Uso

   • uso statunitense
   • numerabile
   • metonymically
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

   The company took a revenue hit when sequestration dried up some of its best contracts.

Sostantivo

1. the act of segregating or sequestering

   Sinonimi

   segregation

   Termini più generali

   separation

   Esempi

   sequestration of the jury

2. the action of forming a chelate or other stable compound with an ion or atom or molecule so that it is no longer available for reactions

   Termini più generali

   chemical processchemical changechemical action

3. a writ that authorizes the seizure of property

   Termini più generali

   writjudicial writ

4. seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized

   Sinonimi

   requisition

   Termini più generali

   appropriation