Decrease and Pad

decrease

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

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

pad

A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
- synonyms: pad of paper, tablet
The large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily. )
A block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp.
- synonyms: inkpad, inking pad, stamp pad
A flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort.
A platform from which rockets or space craft are launched.
- synonyms: launching pad, launchpad, launch pad, launch area
Temporary living quarters.
- synonyms: diggings, digs, domiciliation, lodgings
The fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger.

Add details to.
- synonyms: embroider, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud.
- usage: "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"
- synonyms: slog, footslog, plod, trudge, tramp
Line or stuff with soft material.
- usage: "pad a bra"
- synonyms: fill out
Add padding to.
- usage: "pad the seat of the chair"
- synonyms: bolster

(n.) A kind of cushion for writing upon or for blotting; especially, one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper or layers of blotting paper; a block of paper.
(n.) A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad.
(v.i.) To wear a path by walking.
(n.) A footpath; a road.
(v.i.) To travel heavily or slowly.
(v.i.) To rob on foot.
(n.) A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
(v.t.) To travel upon foot; to tread.
(n.) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.
(v.t.) To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth.
(n.) An easy-paced horse; a padnag.
(n.) A soft or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing.
(n.) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
(n.) A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
(v.t.) To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.
(n.) The act of robbing on the highway.
(n.) A stuffed guard or protection; especially, one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
(n.) A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles.
(n.) A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(Military) PAD stands for one of the following: patient administration director; positional adjustment; precision aircraft direction

Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.

PAD means Preauthorized electronic debits.