reduction

reduction
/rɪ'dʌkʃən/ noun
making something smaller or less
Reduction in demand has led to the cancellation of several new projects.
The company was forced to make job reductions.
The company was forced to make reductions in its advertising budget.
Price reductions have had no effect on our sales.
We expect the new government to introduce tax reductions.
The new MD has proposed a series of staff reductions.

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  • reduction — Reduction, f. acut. Est proprement, ramenement (s il se peut dire ainsi) d une chose à son premier lieu et estat, et est pur Latin de Reductio, hormis du son et prolation François. Et selon ceste deduction, on peut dire Reduction estre,… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • reduction — index abatement (reduction), abridgment (condensation), abstract, capsule, curtailment, decrease, deduction ( …   Law dictionary

  • reduction — [ri duk′shən] n. [LME reduccion < MFr reduction < L reductio < reductus, pp. of reducere] 1. a reducing or being reduced 2. anything made or brought about by reducing, as a smaller copy, lowered price, sauce of concentrated liquid, etc.… …   English World dictionary

  • reduction — reduction. См. редукция. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

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