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reductionnoun something that is or may be subtractedthere was a sizable reduction in her weekly pay when she decided to buy health insurance abatement, deduction, discount giveback, kickback, rebatedent, depreciationdecline, decrement, diminishment, diminution, drop, fall, lossforfeit, forfeiture, penalty accession, addition accretion, accrual, augmentation, boost, gain, increase, increment, raise, riseappreciation the amount by which something is lessenedsaw an 11% reduction in the number of students applying to the school abatement, decline, decrease, decrement, dent, depletion, depression, diminishment, diminution, drop, drop-off, fall, falloff, loss, shrinkage, step-down deduction, subtractiondownturn, slip, slumpcurtailment, cut, cutback, retrenchment, shortening boost, enlargement, gain, increase, increment, raise, rise, step-up, uptick accretion, accrual, accumulation, addition, supplementcontinuation, extensionupswing, uptrend, upturn the act or an instance of bringing to a lower grade or rankthe captain was punished with a reduction to lieutenant in the 15th century |