Decrease and Markdown

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.

Markdown is a markdown is the difference between the market price of a security and the price you receive if you sell that security to a broker/dealer in the over-the-counter (OTC) market. A markdown is comparable to the commission you would pay for selling the security through your broker, though the cost of the markdown, unlike a broker's commission, is not stated separately on a confirmation statement. A markdown is determined, in part, by the demand for securities of a certain type in the marketplace, since a broker/dealer may charge a smaller markdown if the security can be resold at a favorable markup. The term markdown also refers more generally to a price reduction on retail products and certain securities that a seller wants to unload and will sell at less than the original offering price.