| Main Entry: | decrement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decrease |
Synonyms: |
abatement, curtailment, cutback, decline, diminishment, diminution, lessening, reduction, slowdown, subtraction |
| Concept: | [Thing deducted] Decrement. |
| Category: | 3. CONJUNCTIVE QUANTITY |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
decrement, discount, defect, loss, deduction; afterglow; eduction; waste.
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Antonyms: |
adjunct |
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| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reduction, diminution |
Synonyms: |
cutback, decrease, decrement, downsize, economy, fall, lessening, lowering, reduction, saving |
Antonyms: |
increase |
| Main Entry: | cutback |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decrease |
Synonyms: |
abatement, belt-tightening, curtailment, decline, decrement, economy, lessening, lowering, reduction, reversal |
Antonyms: |
increase, raise |
| Main Entry: | deduction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something subtracted |
Synonyms: |
abatement, abstraction, allowance, credit, cut, decrease, decrement, depreciation, diminution, discount, dockage, excision, rebate, reduction, removal, subtraction, withdrawal, write-off |
Antonyms: |
addition, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | expense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cost, payment |
Synonyms: |
amount, assessment, bite*, bottom line, budget, charge, consumption, debit, debt, decrement, deprivation, disbursement, duty, expenditure, forfeit, forfeiture, insurance, investment, liability, loan, loss, mortgage, obligation, out of pocket, outdo, outlay, output, overhead, payroll, price, price tag, rate, responsibility, risk, sacrifice, spending, sum, surcharge, tariff, toll, upkeep, use, value, worth |
| Notes: | expenditure refers to an actual outlay of money or goods, whereas expense has a more general sense, a charge or cost of goods or property; we have expenses, but we make expenditures |
| Main Entry: | wear and tear |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | devaluation due to use |
Synonyms: |
ablation, attrition, consumption, decrement, depletion, depreciation, dissipation, erosion, hard wear, overuse, ravages of time, wearing away, weathering |
| Main Entry: | reduction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decline |
Synonyms: |
abatement, attrition, conquest, contraction, curtailment, cut, cutback, debasement, decrement, degradation, devaluation, diminution, discount, downgrading, markdown, minimization, overthrow, rebate, shrinkage, subdual, subjection, subjugation, subtraction |
Antonyms: |
enlargement, increase |