abridgement

Etymology

abridge + -ment

noun

  1. (chiefly UK) Alternative form of abridgment
    CHEMINS DE FER. Edited by Jean Herbert. Elsevier Publishing Co. … 30s. … The work of abridgement has been skilfully done by excluding financial, administrative and general engineering terms. 1960 August, “New Reading on Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 512

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