gradual reduction

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• reduction — re‧duc‧tion [rɪˈdʌkʆn] noun FINANCE 1. [countable, uncountable] when prices, costs etc become lower or are made lower: • Our winter sale includes many price reductions. • We can make a reduction (= sell something more cheaply …   Financial and business terms

• reduction — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, considerable, great, large, major, marked, significant, substantial ▪ The changes may result in a greater reduction in employee numbers than we had previously …   Collocations dictionary

• gradual — adj. Gradual is used with these nouns: ↑acceleration, ↑acceptance, ↑accumulation, ↑ascent, ↑build up, ↑change, ↑climb, ↑decline, ↑decrease, ↑descent, ↑deterioration, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• gradual devaluation — economic reduction by degrees …   English contemporary dictionary

• gradual decrease — Not necessarily an equal or uniform reduction per year. Moss v Aetna L. Ins. Co. (CA6 Tenn) 73 F2d 339. The term, appearing in a clause of a life insurance policy relative to surrender charges, does not require equal or uniform reductions,… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Jaw reduction — is a type of aesthetic plastic surgery in which the objective of treatment is to narrow the lower one third of the face particularly the contribution from the mandible and its muscular attachments. There are several techniques for treatment… …   Wikipedia

• depreciation expense — gradual reduction of the value of a fixed asset and gradual application of this cost to the expenses of a business over the useful life of the asset. Glossary of Business Terms …   Financial and business terms

• dwindling participation — gradual reduction in the number of people involved …   English contemporary dictionary

• radioactive decay — gradual reduction in the number of radioactive atoms in material …   English contemporary dictionary

• United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium

• human aging — ▪ physiology and sociology Introduction       physiological changes that take place in the human body leading to senescence, the decline of biological functions and of the ability to adapt to metabolic stress. In humans the physiological… …   Universalium