Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who declines.
  • noun Same as declining dial (which see, under dial).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun He who declines or rejects.

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  • noun one who declines.

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Examples

  • Another decliner from the very top of our list last year is 2009's No. 1, Wang Chuanfu.

    China's Billionaire Boom Russell Flannery 2010

  • Another decliner from the very top of our list last year is 2009's No. 1, Wang Chuanfu.

    China's Billionaire Boom Russell Flannery 2010

  • The "decliner" of the admonition to turn no more to the hill of doom, but boldly to climb the hill of peace, will fall stricken through the soul.

    Messages from the Epistle to the Hebrews 1880

  • The stock was the biggest decliner in Amsterdam's benchmark AEX index.

    KPN Finance Chief Quits Robin van Daalen 2012

  • BAE Systems was the biggest decliner on the FTSE 100, down 4.3%, while Rolls-Royce fell 1.5% and Smiths Group dropped 0.9%.

    Europe's Markets Sink Simon Kennedy 2011

  • Hewlett-Packard was by far the Dow's biggest decliner on Friday as the stock tumbled to a six-year low.

    Stocks End Week on a Sour Note Steven Russolillo 2011

  • Bank of America was the biggest decliner among the Dow components, tumbling 45 cents, or 6%, to 7.01, while J.P. Morgan Chase lost 1.38, or 3.8%, to 35.19.

    Slowdown Fears Slam U.S. Stocks Jonathan Cheng 2011

  • The day's biggest decliner among Stoxx 600 components was Swiss specialty-chemical group Clariant , which plummeted 16% after it cut its full-year sales and profit outlook because of the strong Swiss franc and the global economic slowdown.

    European Stocks Slammed Barbara Kollmeyer 2011

  • Essar Energy sank 8.7% and was the biggest decliner in the Stoxx 600 after Morgan Stanley downgraded the stock to underweight from equalweight, citing earnings risks.

    Banks Fall in Europe; Seoul Slides 2011

  • Essar Energy sank 8.7% and was the biggest decliner in the Stoxx 600 after Morgan Stanley downgraded the stock to underweight from equalweight, citing earnings risks.

    Germany Leads Europe Markets Lower Polya Lesova 2011

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