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ri-DUKSHUN/rɪˈdʌkʃn/

A reduction is a decrease: a reduction in hours; a price reduction. Reduce is the verb (already in the dictionary). A reduction in bursary hours featured in the briefing. Cut is informal. Mix-up: deduction is taking away in logic or pay. Do not call a tiny rounding error a reduction in the claim.

Meaning

The act of making something smaller or less.

Examples

• “A reduction in bursary hours featured in the union briefing.”
• “A reduction in carbon featured in the geography aim, which is the environment sense.”

Good to know

a reduction in / of; price reduction. Verb: reduce. Informal: cut. Trap: deduction. Economics, environment, and retail. Making less, not a logical step.

Near in meaning

decrease

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