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defalcations

defalcations is the plural of defalcation.

Meaning of defalcation

Noun

defalcation (countable and uncountable, plural defalcations)

  1. The act of cancelling part of a claim by deducting a smaller claim which the claimant owes to the defendant.
  2. Embezzlement.
    • Granting that Mr. Ireland had gone into his office at ten minutes to ten o'clock at night for the purpose of extracting £5000 worth of notes and gold from the bank safe, whilst giving the theft the appearance of a night burglary; […] why should he, at nine o'clock the following morning, fall in a...1909, Emma Orczy, chapter XIX, in The Old Man in the Corner

Questions about defalcations

What is defalcations the plural of?
Defalcations is the plural of defalcation.

Words near defalcations in the dictionary

  1. defalcate
  2. defalcated
  3. defalcates
  4. defalcating
  5. defalcation
  6. defalcations
  7. defalcator
  8. defalcators
  9. DeFalco
  10. DeFalcos
  11. defalk

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