step-down

step-down

(stĕp′doun′)adj.1. Decreasing in stages: a step-down gear.2. Electricity Serving to reduce voltage: a step-down transformer.n. A reduction in amount or size.

step′-down`

adj. 1. serving to decrease voltage: a step-down transformer. n. 2. a decrease or reduction in rate or quantity. [1890–95]

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step-down - the act of decreasing or reducing somethingreduction, diminution, decreasechange of magnitude - the act of changing the amount or size of somethingcut - the act of reducing the amount or number; "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget"mitigation, moderation - the action of lessening in severity or intensity; "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions"lowering - the act of causing to become lesscutback - a reduction in quantity or ratedevaluation - the reduction of something's value or worthdevitalisation, devitalization - the act of reducing the vitality of somethingmitigation, palliation, extenuation - to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less seriousalleviation, easement, easing, relief - the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain"de-escalation - (war) a reduction in intensity (of a crisis or a war)minimisation, minimization - the act of reducing something to the least possible amount or degree or positiondepletion - the act of decreasing something markedlyshortening - act of decreasing in length; "the dress needs shortening"shrinking - the act of becoming lesssubtraction, deduction - the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole); "he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks"deflation - the act of letting the air out of somethingdiscount, price reduction, deduction - the act of reducing the selling price of merchandiserollback - reducing prices back to some earlier levelweakening - the act of reducing the strength of somethingdepreciation - a decrease in price or value; "depreciation of the dollar against the yen"contraction - the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scopereverse split, reverse stock split, split down - a decrease in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equityamortisation, amortization - the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of yearsdeclassification - reduction or removal by the government of restrictions on a classified document or weapontax shelter, shelter - a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earningstax credit - a direct reduction in tax liability (not dependent on the taxpayer's tax bracket)

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