adjustment

English

Etymology

From French ajustement, or else adjust +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈdʒʌst.mənt/

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Noun

adjustment (countable and uncountable, plural adjustments)

1. The action of adjusting something
2. The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration
3. The settling or balancing of a financial account

   The credit card company made an adjustment to my account to waive the late fee.

4. The behavioural process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment.

   When Jim graduated, he found adjustment to the working world difficult.

5. The assessment, by an insurance company, of a claim; the settlement of such a claim

Synonyms

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• change
• correction
• modification

Related terms

• adjustable
• adjuster

Translations

action of adjusting

• Finnish: säätäminen (fi), säätö (fi)
• German: Anpassen n, geringfügiges Ändern n
• Hungarian: beállítás (hu)
• Manx: kiartagh m, cochiartagh m

• Maori: whakarerekētanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: justering m or f

  Nynorsk: justering f

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 (zh), 调整 (zh) (tiáozhěng)

• Czech: přizpůsobení (cs), úprava (cs)
• Danish: justering c, tilpasning 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)
• Guaraní: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: כִּוּוּן‎ (he) m
• Hungarian: beállítás (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: please add this translation if you can
• Kyrgyz: жөнгө салуу (ky) (cöngö saluu), ыңгайлаштыруу (ky) (ıñgaylaştıruu), ылайыктоо (ılayıktoo)
• Latin: accommodātiō f
• Maori: whakarerekētanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: justering m or f

  Nynorsk: justering f

• 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)
• Tupinambá: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: ayarlama (tr), ayar (tr)
• Welsh: cyweiriad m

settling or balancing of a financial account

• Finnish: korjaus (fi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: korrigering m or f

process of balancing conflicting needs

• Finnish: sopeutuminen (fi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: omstilling (no) m or f

• Russian: адапта́ция (ru) f (adaptácija)

assessment or settlement by an insurance company

• Finnish: arviointi (fi) (assessment); korvaus (fi), korvaaminen (fi) (settlement)

See also

• adjustment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia