VARIANCE
\vˈe͡əɹi͡əns], \vˈeəɹiəns], \v_ˈeə_ɹ_iə_n_s]\
Definitions of VARIANCE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation.
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Difference that produce dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel.
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A disagreement or difference between two parts of the same legal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought to agree, - as between the writ and the declaration, or between the allegation and the proof.
By Oddity Software
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The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation.
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Difference that produce dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel.
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A disagreement or difference between two parts of the same legal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought to agree, - as between the writ and the declaration, or between the allegation and the proof.
By Noah Webster.
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An exception to a zoning ordinance, usually granted by a local government. For example, if you own an oddly shaped lot that could not accommodate a home in accordance with your city's setback requirement, you could apply at the appropriate office for a variance allowing you to build closer to a boundary line.
By Oddity Software
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The act of changing or differing; degree of alteration or change; a difference of opinion; a disagreement.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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State of being varied: an alteration: a change of condition: difference that arises from or produces dispute.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Difference that produces controversy ; disagreement; dissension; discord; — any alteration or change of condition;—in law, an alteration in the tenor of a writ or deed, or a difference between the declaration or pleading and the deed on which it is grounded :—hence, discrepancy; inconsistency; want of agreement.
