Экзамен зачет учебный год 2023 / Unit 2 text 3 [AV]

DISCRETIONARY

(Of an act or duty) involving an exercise of judgment and choice, not an implementation of a hard-and-fast rule exercisable at one's own will or judgment. • A court's discretionary act may be overturned only after a showing of abuse of discretion.

TO EXCEED

1.to be superior to (a person or thing), esp. in size or quality; excel

2.(tr) to go beyond the limit or bounds of: to exceed one's income; exceed a speed limit.

3.to be greater in degree or quantity than (a person or thing)

TO ENHANCE

Made greater; increased <because of his recidivism, Monte was subject to an enhanced sentence after his latest conviction> .

TO CONSTRUE

To analyze and explain the meaning of (a sentence or passage) <the court construed the language of the statute>.

TO WITHHOLD

1.to deduct a certain amount from a person's salary, wages, dividends, winnings, or other income, usu. for tax purposes; esp., an employer's practice of taking out a portion of an employee's gross earnings and paying that portion to the government for income-tax and social-security purposes.

2.The money so deducted. — Also termed income-tax withholding. — withhold, vb.

TO ENCROACH

1.To enter by gradual steps or stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass or intrude.

2.To gain or intrude unlawfully onto another's lands, property, or authority. — Formerly also spelled incroach.

TO USURP

1.to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right.

2.to use without authority or right.

INCENTIVE

n.

1.something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort. adj.

2.inciting, as to action.