adjustment

Etymology

From French ajustement, or else adjust +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /əˈd͡ʒʌst.mənt/
- Audio (California): (file)
(General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /əˈd͡ʒɐst.mənt/, /əˈd͡ʒast.mənt/

Noun

adjustment (countable and uncountable, plural adjustments)

The action of adjusting something
Synonyms: change, correction, modification
The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration
Synonyms: change, modification
The settling or balancing of a financial account
The credit card company made an adjustment to my account to waive the late fee.
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.
The assessment, by an insurance company, of a claim; the settlement of such a claim

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Translations

action of adjusting

Bulgarian: настро́йка (bg) f (nastrójka)
Dutch: aanpassen (nl) n
Finnish: säätäminen (fi), säätö (fi)
German: Anpassen n, geringfügiges Ändern n
Hungarian: beállítás (hu), szabályozás (hu), hangolás (hu), finombeállítás, finomhangolás (hu), igazítás (hu), kiigazítás (hu), korrigálás (hu), helyesbítés (hu), módosítás (hu), változtatás (hu)
Malayalam: ക്രമീകരണം (ml) (kramīkaraṇaṁ)
Manx: kiartagh m, cochiartagh m
Maori: whakarerekētanga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: justering m or f

Nynorsk: justering f
Vietnamese: sự điều chỉnh

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 / 调整 (zh) (tiáozhěng)
Czech: přizpůsobení (cs), úprava (cs)
Danish: justering c, tilpasning (da) 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)
Paraguayan Guaraní: please add this translation if you can
Hebrew: כִּוּוּן (he) m
Hungarian: beállítás (hu), módosítás (hu), kiigazítás (hu), igazítás (hu), változtatás (hu), korrekció (hu), revízió (hu), korrigálás (hu), helyesbítés (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) (jöngö saluu), ыңгайлаштыруу (ky) (ıŋgaylaştıruu), ылайыктоо (ılayıktoo)
Latin: accommodātiō f
Maori: whakarerekētanga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: justering m or f

Nynorsk: justering f
Old Tupi: please add this translation if you can
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)
Turkish: ayarlama (tr), ayar (tr)
Welsh: cyweiriad m

settling or balancing of a financial account

Finnish: korjaus (fi)
Hungarian: kiegyenlítés (hu), jóváírás (hu), megtérítés (hu), visszatérítés (hu)
Indonesian: penyesuaian (id)
Malay: ڤلارسن (pelarasan)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: korrigering m or f

process of balancing conflicting needs

Finnish: sopeutuminen (fi)
Hungarian: alkalmazkodás (hu), igazodás (hu)
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)
Hungarian: elintézés (hu), rendezés (hu), kárrendezés (hu)