Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A decreasing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A decrease.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
decreasing
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Examples
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The study has also an important relation to agriculture and forestry, for there are numerous species which cause decay of valuable timber, or by causing "heart rot" entail immense losses through the annual decretion occurring in standing timber.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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Make sure you use decretion or employers will know anthing you say.
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Make sure you use decretion or employers will know anthing you say.
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Current quarter earnings include a decretion from share repurchases executed in 2009.
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Factors to be considered in developing quarterly estimates for 2010 include - at the utility, the timing of potential rate actions at Entergy Nuclear, the number and timing of refueling outages in 2010 versus 2009 and the decommissioning impairments taken in the first half of last year, the timing of decretion from past to potential future share repurchases and the fact that tax items are lumpy by nature.
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