to lessen; to decrease; to make fewer or smaller

to reduce body fat or weight through dieting, exercise, or other methods; also refers to slimming down

to lighten, ease, or alleviate; to reduce the amount, weight, or intensity of something

to weaken; to diminish; to abate in intensity or force

to cut down; to reduce; to lower from an original or existing amount

To reduce or remit a tax, debt, tuition, or rent; to mitigate or annul a punishment.

to reduce in size, degree, or amount; to decrease or diminish

to reduce one's holdings in a stock or investment

to reduce speed; to decelerate

to decrease in speed; to retard

of production levels or crop yields, to drop or be reduced

to drop, go down, or recede; to decrease in intensity or strength; to ebb or wane

to lower or reduce physical pressure; to decompress

to cut back; to reduce; to curtail

to reduce; to lower; to cut; to diminish

to sell off a portion of one's stocks or other investment holdings to reduce exposure

to add or subtract; to increase or decrease; to go up or go down; to fluctuate

the process or policy of reducing the impact and damage caused by disasters

to reduce speed; to slow down

to subtract; to reduce by a certain amount; minus

to perform the mathematical operations of addition and subtraction

to decrease one by one in a specific order; gradually falling; descending

to decrease or drop suddenly and significantly; steep decline

To subtract or take away; to deduct.

to lower the price of goods; to offer a discount; to mark down

to reduce the tax rate or lower the amount of tax collected; to cut taxes

to reduce by half; to cut by fifty percent

to reduce, cut down, or trim, such as personnel, equipment, or budgets

to weaken, diminish, or decline in strength, power, or value (e.g., of physical forces, electronic signals, or resources)

To reduce, commute, or shorten a judicial sentence; a court-ordered reduction of a penalty based on a prisoner's good behavior or other legal criteria.

to skimp on workmanship and stint on materials; to do a sloppy job by not following required standards or specifications

to delete or reduce parts of something; to cut back on a budget, curriculum, or text; to edit out scenes from a film

to increase without letup; to continue growing without ever decreasing; to get steadily worse or more serious

To reduce the number of personnel in an organization; downsizing

to subtract a sum or amount from a total, such as from taxes

to weaken or reduce the frequency of vibrations; to dampen

the mathematical operation of finding the difference between two numbers

to reduce the rate of interest on a loan or bank account

to decrease; to reduce; to fall below a standard or decline in strength

A device used to absorb and dampen shock impulses; commonly used in vehicle suspension systems, aircraft landing gear, or machinery to reduce vibration. Types include hydraulic, pneumatic, and spring-based mechanisms; dashpot.

to lower or cut the amount of rent paid

to subtract or reduce a portion from a total amount

To reduce a financial deficit or loss, typically in the context of a business or enterprise.

to reduce a person's salary or pay

to reduce the amount of capital in a business or corporation

The process of cell division in sexual reproduction where the number of chromosomes is reduced by half to form sperm and eggs.

to decrease; to weaken; to detract from; to impair (e.g. of financial assets)

a mechanical device used to reduce the speed of a machine; also called [[减速箱|減速箱|jian3 su4 xiang1]]

To perform subtraction, or to calculate the difference between numbers.