(dilapidation)
1dilapidation — [ dilapidasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1465, rare av. 1762; lat. dilapidatio ♦ Action de dilapider. Dilapidation d un héritage. ⇒ dissipation. ♢ Gaspillage. « Une politique de dilapidation forcenée des richesses naturelles du monde » (Siegfried). ⊗ CONTR.… …
2Dilapidation — Di*lap i*da tion, n. [L. dilapidatio: cf. F. dilapidation.] 1. The act of dilapidating, or the state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined, or squandered. [1913 Webster] Tell the people that are relived by the dilapidation of… …
3Dilapidation — is a term meaning in general a falling into decay, but more particularly used in the plural in English law for the waste committed by the incumbent of an ecclesiastical living the disrepair for which a tenant is usually liable when he has agreed… …
4dilapidation — [də lap΄ə dā′shən] n. 〚ME dilapidacioun < LL dilapidatio〛 1. a dilapidating or becoming dilapidated 2. a dilapidated condition SYN. RUIN * * * See dilapidate. * * * …
5dilapidation — index decline, deterioration, detriment, disrepair, dissolution (disintegration), spoilage, wear and tear …
6dilapidation — DILAPIDATION. sub. f. Dépense folle et désordonnée …
7dilapidation — early 15c., from L.L. dilapidationem (nom. dilapidatio) a squandering, noun of action from pp. stem of L. dilapidare throw away, squander, waste, lit. pelt with stones (thus ruin, destroy ) or else scatter like stones, from dis asunder (see DIS… …
8dilapidation — [də lap΄ə dā′shən] n. [ME dilapidacioun < LL dilapidatio] 1. a dilapidating or becoming dilapidated 2. a dilapidated condition SYN. RUIN …
9dilapidation — (di la pi da sion ; en vers, de six syllabes) s. f. Action de dilapider. La dilapidation des finances de l État. Coupable de dilapidation. ÉTYMOLOGIE Lat. dilapidationem, de dilapidare, dilapider …
10DILAPIDATION — s. f. Dépense excessive et désordonnée. La dilapidation des finances de l État …
