Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of reducing; a bringing back; restoration.
- noun Reduction; abatement.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Reduction.
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- noun archaic
reduction
Etymologies
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Examples
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"If you really like them," the dealer said, "I make you a little reducement."
The Cat Who Came To Breakfast Braun, Lilian Jackson 1994
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But if, notwithstanding all our endeavours, and the application of means for their reducement, they continue to go on frowardly in their ways, then are we vexed at them, which includes an addition of anger and indignation unto our former sorrow or grief.
Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967
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This enforced reducement of the Collony into fewer bodies, together with the troble of warre then in hande, caused the year following a slender harvest to be reaped, wherby we weare constrained to relye upon hopes for our reliefe by shippinge out of Englande, and by trading with the more remote
Colonial Records of Virginia Various
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The Commissioners came to-day, only to consult about a further reducement of the Fleet, and to pay them as fast as they can.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668
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The Commissioners came to-day, only to consult about a further reducement of the Fleet, and to pay them as fast as they can.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1660 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668
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Commissioners came to-day, only to consult about a further reducement of the Fleet, and to pay them as fast as they can.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 04: March/April 1659-1660 Samuel Pepys 1668
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The Commissioners came to-day, only to consult about a further reducement of the Fleet, and to pay them as fast as they can.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Mar/Apr 1659/'60 Pepys, Samuel 1660
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· Ftp Connect/Disconnect reducement when using a single FTP output destination
Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Windows 2010
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The Liberation Army Daily also reported that more reforms to China's military were planned for 2008 and beyond, including further reducement in the numbers of commissioned officers.
The Reality Check 2009
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The Liberation Army Daily also reported that more reforms to China's military were planned for 2008 and beyond, including further reducement in the numbers of commissioned officers.
The Reality Check 2009
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