Diversion Noun Synonyms
amusement, distraction, entertainment, pastime, recreation, divertissement, game, play, relaxation
She prefers chess for diversion.
detour, sidetrack, deviation, bypass, deviation
Owing to roadworks, we had to take a diversion off the main road.
Diversion Verb Synonyms
digression, deviation, departure, distraction
George created a diversion, while we robbed the safe.
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Business / Agriculture / Diversion Payments: Payments once but no longer made to farmers who voluntarily reduced their planted acreage of a program crop and devoted the land to a conservation use when a paid acreage diversion was in effect. Also MORE
Business / Agriculture / Acreage Diversion Programs: Historically, commodity programs included provisions to reduce commodity supplies by diverting acreage to non-crop uses. Examples include paid diversion, unpaid diversion, set-aside, and acreage reduc MORE
Business / Agriculture / Paid Diversion: A program, repealed by the FAIR Act of 1996, under which farmers were paid to voluntarily take acreage out of production. The diverted land was devoted to approved conservation practices. Unlike acrea MORE
Business / Agriculture / Dairy Diversion Program: A voluntary supply control program authorized by the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983, under which producers in 1984-85 received payments, of $10 per cwt., for reducing their milk marketings MORE