Synonym: decrease, diminution, reducing, simplification, step-down. Similar words: production, introduction, auction, prediction, destruction, instruction, construction, instructional. Meaning: [rɪ'dʌkʃn] 
n. 1. the act of decreasing or reducing something 2. any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent 3. the act of reducing complexity.
n. 1. the act of decreasing or reducing something 2. any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent 3. the act of reducing complexity. 
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181. The alternative is to push the task of debt reduction even further into the future.
182. The data have been verified immunohistochemically using the monoclonal antibody Ki-67 to show a reduction in the labelling index.
183. Tietmeyer said continued reduction in the public deficit is another plank of reducing long-term inflationary pressures.
184. There was no justifiable reason for differential treatment of the part-time employees concerning the increase in salary and reduction in work hours.
185. This is a serious loss; the movement has raised the profile of debt relief and poverty reduction.
186. The reduction in grant levels will considerably reduce the pressure for land improvements.
187. Women choosing surgery had significantly reduced levels of anxiety while those who declined had no such reduction.
188. Government revenues for the financial year ending in November 1991 had shown a considerable reduction compared with the previous financial year.
189. He and Dean had just been laid off during a seniority lapse because of a drastic reduction of crews.
190. The engineering unions have been seeking either a 35-hour week or a two-hour reduction.
191. Another reason is the drastic reduction in housing benefit in 1988.
192. Of course, the reduction in reports also leads to a lower administrative and production cost.
193. But the public is persuaded that deficit reduction comes first, which spells austerity for science and much else.
194. Waiting for services One of the stated aims of Working for patients is the reduction of length of time waiting for treatment.
195. One dialect reflects the reduction process by contraction alone, the other dialect by contraction or deletion.
196. Democrat policy on energy includes plans for the development of alternative energy sources and a reduction in dependence on imported oil.
197. Reddy says that about 40 percent of that reduction came from improving efficiency.
198. These trends for a reduction in length of stay are not unique to the older age groups.
199. It has aroused concern because of the resulting increase in the burden of taxation and reduction in individual choice.
200. Mr. Higgins My right hon. Friend is to be congratulated on the dramatic reduction in the inflation rate.
201. But the most devastating effect has been the reduction of the water table. Sentencedict.com
202. Much better reduction is given by the lexical check of candidate strings compared with the n-gram results.
203. In Nephila, increased male mortality during the adult search phase is almost exactly counteracted by reduction in juvenile male growth stages.
204. Inflation will rise if workers try to compensate for the reduction in purchasing power by bargaining for higher pay.
205. The second byproduct of ilmenite reduction is high-purity metallic iron, which can be directly melted and cast into products.
206. These included waste reduction, paper and cardboard recycling and improving energy efficiency.
207. Answer guide: Record a reduction in the liability, creditors, and reduce the asset bank.
208. The drastic reduction in the number of committees was felt to be impracticable.
209. Anti-debt campaigners in the South are urging their counterparts in the North to challenge the official notion of poverty reduction.
210. The resulting estimates will then be used to calculate the changes in welfare resulting from some simple price reduction scenarios of 1992.
More similar words: production, introduction, auction, prediction, destruction, instruction, construction, instructional, productive, productivity, education, educational, action, section, fiction, sanction, election, reaction, fraction, function, selection, infection, objection, protection, collection, inspection, attraction, and function, take action, conviction.