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Definition: ATTORNMENT |
ATTORNMENTNoun1. The act of a feudatory, vassal, or tenant, by which he consents, upon the alienation of an estate, to receive a new lord or superior, and transfers to him his homage and service; the agreement of a tenant to acknowledge the purchaser of the estate as his landlord. |
Etymology: Attornment \At*torn"ment\, noun. [Old French expression attornement, Late Latin expression attornamentum. See Attorn.]. (Websters 1913) |
"ATTORNMENT" is a common misspelling or typo for: adornment, atonement, attainment. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
attornment | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ATTORNMENT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
French | reconnaissance. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | attornmentay согласие на продление аренды. (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ATTORNMENT": attornments. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "ATTORNMENT" (pronounced 'At*torn"ment'): Abasement, Abashment, Abatement, Abetment, Abjurement, Abodement, Aborsement, Abortment, Abridgment, Absentment, Abutment, Accordment, Accouchement, Accroachment, Accrument, Accusement, Acquirement, Acquitment, Adjournment, Adjudgment, Adjustment, Adorement, Adornment, Advancement, Advisement, Affeerment, Afforcement, Affordment, Affrayment, Affreightment, Affrightment, Aggroupment, Agistment, Agreement, Agroupment, Ailment, Alignment, Alinement, Allayment, Allegement, Allignment, Allotment, Allurement, Amassment, Amazement, Amendment, Amercement, Amusement, Annexment, Announcement. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-m-n-n-o-r-t-t-t" | |
-2 letters: ornament. | |
-3 letters: entrant, moneran, montane, nonmeat, remnant, tomenta, tonearm, torment. | |
-4 letters: atoner, attent, attorn, enamor, manner, marten, matron, matter, mentor, moaner, natron, natter, nonart, notate, omenta, ornate, ratten, ratton, rotate, rotten, tanner, tatter, tenant, tonner, torten, totter. | |
-5 letters: ament, amort, anent, antre, armet, atone, enorm, manor, mater, matte, meant, menta, metro, monte, morae, motet. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-m-n-n-o-r-t-t-t" | |
+1 letter: attornments. | |
+2 letters: nontreatment. | |
+3 letters: nontreatments. | |
+5 letters: instrumentation. | |
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