SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A statistical adjustment made to accommodate predictable fluctuations as a function of the season of the year

Example:

seasonal adjustments for housing starts must be made in mid-winter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("seasonal adjustment" is a kind of...):

adjustment; allowance (an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances)

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