enbregement (c.1270)

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enbregement (c.1270)

[gdw]

  FEW:  abbreviare 24,25b Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  abregier (*)  DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:
embreggement,  enbreggement  

s.

1 time shortening, reduction (of time)
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  E l’encheisun d’enbreggement Del jur e nuit  1207
2 lawfinan. reduction in amount demanded in settlement of an account
( 1399 )  […] saunz aucune embreggement ou diminucion d’icelles  iii 442
abregement  enbreger 
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