vetusteit
English translation: delapidation
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1delapidation Explanation: [PDF] Comp Plan Section 470 File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML deterioration will be halved (18% to 9%) and the dilapidation rate. will be reduced from nearly 18% to less than 5% by 2002. Total ... www.owensboroparks.org/new/OMPC_Comp_Plan/470.pdf A/37/238 of 15 June 1982 The extent to which new housing construction has failed to meet the needs of an increasing population living in dwellings with a high dilapidation rate is ... domino.un.org/unispal.nsf/0/637887157a81fa2105256601005e70b2?OpenDocument -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 31 mins (2005-12-27 13:07:05 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- VETUSTITEIT versus VETUSTEIT. - Het in vele deskundigen onderzoeken en vonnissen van rechtbanken gebruikte woord VETUSTEIT is afkomstig van de franstalige benaming VETUSTE en betekent "graad van of fase in de natuurlijke deteriorisatie"; In het nederlands beter uitgedrukt als "graad van verval, aftakeling of sleet door de ouderdom". - Het strekt dan ook aanbeveling om in nederlandstalige teksten terzake het woord "OUDERDOMSSLEET" te gebruiken in plaats van "vetusteit". - Daarenboven dient gesteld dat, in het nederlands, met name in Het Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal VAN DAELE - 13e Druk, het woord "vetusteit" niet in voorkomt doch wèl het woord "vetustiteit". - In nederlandstalige teksten wordt het woord "vetusteit" dan ook beter niet meer gebruikt. http://www.redweb.be/architectexpert/berichtnl.htm |
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1870 days |
| Reference: Unusual spelling Reference information: According to my sources (OED, internet) the usual spelling of this word is dilapidation and not delapidation |
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