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What is the noun for adjusting?

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adjustment
  1. The action of adjusting something
  2. The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration
  3. The settling or balancing of a financial account
  4. The behavioural process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment.
  5. The assessment, by an insurance company, of a claim; the settlement of such a claim
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “I realized that this woman had, in effect, made the same contortionistic adjustment to her diet that I had made in order to drive my Saab.”
      “Oedipus has made a swift and strikingly successful adjustment to his new role.”
      “Studies have shown that long-term acclimations can be superimposed upon fast adaptive adjustment of the thermal stability.”
adjuster
  1. One who adjusts, especially for the insurance industry's employment title "loss adjuster" (or "claims adjuster" in the United States).
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It doesn't take long for an adjuster working for a particular insurance company client to detect a pattern of underinsurance on the coverages.”
      “Since 2001 my husband has been working with my employer as an insurance adjuster.”
      “There's no barrel adjuster for the front derailleur, so eliminating derailleur rub in all gears is tough.”
adjustability
  1. The state or condition of being adjustable.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Other improvements are planned which will result in even easier access, improved support and adjustability for different sizes.”
      “These billet metering blocks also feature idle-mixture control screws on all four corners to provide maximum adjustability of the idle circuit.”
      “Such focal adjustability may not be available in phakic lenses for at least four years.”
adjustress
  1. (rare) A female adjuster.
adjustor
  1. Alternative form of adjuster
  2. Examples:
    1. “Slide the right strap adjustor on the nape strap until the right nape strap is the same length as the left nape strap.”
      “You should not throw away any damaged possessions as they will need to be assessed by a loss adjustor.”
      “The smoothness or otherwise of the insurance claim appears to depend on the quality of the loss adjustor appointed.”
adjusting
adjustage
  1. (archaic) adjustment
adjustabilities
adjustments
  1. plural of adjustment
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “For a balance wheel clock, there are no particular adjustments that you can make to keep it running.”
      “The fast steering rack is much appreciated here with only minute adjustments required to keep the car steady rather than sawing at the wheel.”
      “Hard drugs inevitably become Georgie's coping device to handle these racial adjustments.”
adjustresses
  1. plural of adjustress
adjustages
  1. plural of adjustage
adjustings
adjusters
  1. plural of adjuster
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Insurance firms will need more agents, claims adjusters, researchers and customer service representatives.”
      “More than 35,000 insurance adjusters are working statewide handling more than 1-million claims filed from the first three storms.”
      “Brakes will need adjusting if the bike shop hasn't put the washers in for the adjusters, all you need is some lock tight and she's apples.”
adjustors
  1. plural of adjustor
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