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voluntary waste

voluntary waste noun: any structural change made to an estate in land that intentionally or negligently causes harm to the estate or depletes its resources, unless this depletion is a continuation of a pre-existing use.

Noun

voluntary waste (usually uncountable, plural voluntary wastes)

  1. (usually) Any structural change made to an estate in land that intentionally or negligently causes harm to the estate or depletes its resources, unless this depletion is a continuation of a pre-existing use.
    Synonyms:
    waste

Synonyms of voluntary waste

Forms of voluntary waste

pluralvoluntary wastes

Questions about voluntary waste

What does voluntary waste mean?
Voluntary waste means any structural change made to an estate in land that intentionally or negligently causes harm to the estate or depletes its resources, unless this depletion is a continuation of a pre-existing use.
What part of speech is voluntary waste?
Voluntary waste is a noun.
What is the plural of voluntary waste?
The plural of voluntary waste is voluntary wastes.

Words near voluntary waste in the dictionary

  1. voluntary manslaughters
  2. voluntary movement
  3. voluntary movements
  4. voluntary muscle
  5. voluntary muscles
  6. voluntary waste
  7. voluntary wastes
  8. voluntary work
  9. voluntaryism
  10. voluntaryisms
  11. voluntaryist

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