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Webster 1913 Edition

Impairment

Im-pair′ment

,

Noun.

[OE.

enpeirement

, OF.

empirement

.]

The state, act, or process of being impaired; injury.

“The impairment of my health.”

Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Impairment

IMPA'IRMENT

,

Noun.

Diminution; decrease; injury. [Not used.]

Definition 2024

impairment

impairment

English

Alternative forms

empairment (rare)

Noun

impairment ‎(countable and uncountable, plural impairments)

The result of being impaired; a deterioration or weakening; a disability or handicap; an inefficient part or factor.
(accounting) A downward revaluation, a write-down.

Translations

result of being impaired

Dutch: handicap (nl) m
Finnish: häiriö (fi), vika (fi)
French: handicap (fr) m

German: Verschlechterung (de) f, Schwächung f, Behinderung (de) f, Beeinträchtigung (de) f, Minderung (de) f, Verminderung f, Schädigung (de) f, Störung (de) f, Abschwächung (de) f, Schmälerung f, Einschränkung (de) f, Wertminderung (de) f
Italian: indebolimento
Macedonian: нарушување ‎(narušuvanje), оштетување ‎(oštetuvanje), намалување ‎(namaluvanje)
Serbo-Croatian: oštećenje (sh), hendikep (sh), onesposobljenost

accounting

Finnish: arvonalentuminen, arvonalennus

Swedish: nedskrivning (sv) c

Spanish

Noun

impairment m ‎(plural impairments)

impairment