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abandon.

the right to, under certain circumstances, waive ownership of an insured ship or cargo to the insurer and claim compensation for total loss

7 characters3 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/abaŋˈdɔŋ//abanˈdɔŋ/
  1. the right to, under certain circumstances, waive ownership of an insured ship or cargo to the insurer and claim compensation for total loss

    masculine
  2. indifference

    masculine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From French abandon (“surrender, abandonment”), from Old French mettre a bandon (“to deliver, place at someone's disposition”), last part from Frankish *ban, *bann, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to proclaim, command, summon, ban”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak, say”).

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