Decrease and Consolidate

noun

• A change downward.
  • usage: "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
  • synonyms: lessening, drop-off
• A process of becoming smaller or shorter.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The amount by which something decreases.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The act of decreasing or reducing something.
  • synonyms: diminution, reduction, step-down

verb

• Decrease in size, extent, or range.
  • usage: "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
  • synonyms: diminish, lessen, fall
• Make smaller.
  • usage: "He decreased his staff"
  • synonyms: lessen, minify

• (v.t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means.
• (v.) A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.
• (n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc. or in strength, quality or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December.
• (v.) The wane of the moon.

verb

• Unite into one.
  • usage: "The companies consolidated"
• Make firm or secure; strengthen.
  • usage: "consolidate one's gains"; "consolidate one's hold on first place"
• Bring together into a single whole or system.
  • usage: "The town and county schools are being consolidated"
• Form into a solid mass or whole.
  • usage: "The mud had consolidated overnight"
• Make or form into a solid or hardened mass.
  • usage: "consolidate fibers into boards"

• (a.) Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated.
• (v.t.) To unite, as various particulars, into one mass or body; to bring together in close union; to combine; as, to consolidate the armies of the republic.
• (v.t.) To make solid; to unite or press together into a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm.
• (v.t.) To unite by means of applications, as the parts of a broken bone or the lips of a wound.
• (v.i.) To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid; as, moist clay consolidates by drying.

To bring together various financial obligations under one agreement, contract, or note.