English > step-down: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | The act of decreasing or reducing something. |
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| Synonyms | decrease, diminution, reduction |
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| Narrower | amortization, amortisation | The reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years |
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| contraction | The act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope |
| cut | The act of reducing the amount or number |
| cutback | A reduction in quantity or rate |
| de-escalation | (war) a reduction in intensity (of a crisis or a war) |
| declassification | reduction or removal by the government of restrictions on a classified document or weapon |
| deflation | The act of letting the air out of something |
| depletion | The act of decreasing something markedly |
| depreciation | A decrease in price or value |
| devaluation | The reduction of something's value or worth |
| devitalization, devitalisation | The act of reducing the vitality of something |
| discount, price reduction, deduction | The act of reducing the selling price of merchandise |
| easing, easement, alleviation, relief | The act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) |
| extenuation, mitigation, palliation | To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious |
| lowering | The act of causing to become less |
| minimization, minimisation | The act of reducing something to the least possible amount or degree or position |
| moderation, mitigation | The action of lessening in severity or intensity |
| reverse split, reverse stock split, split down | A decrease in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity |
| rollback | Reducing prices back to some earlier level |
| shortening | Act of decreasing in length |
| shrinking | The act of becoming less |
| subtraction, deduction | The act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole) |
| tax credit | A direct reduction in tax liability (not dependent on the taxpayer's tax bracket) |
| tax shelter, shelter | A way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings |
| weakening | The act of reducing the strength of something |
| Broader | change of magnitude | The act of changing the amount or size of something |
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| Opposite | increase, step-up | The act of increasing / increasing something |
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| Spanish | debilitamiento, disminución, merma, reducción |
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| Catalan | decreixement, decreixença, disminució, minvament, reducció |
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| Verbs | step down | reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of |
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