Decrease and Qualify

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

• Prove capable or fit; meet requirements.
  • synonyms: measure up
• Pronounce fit or able.
  • usage: "She was qualified to run the marathon"; "They nurses were qualified to administer the injections"
• Make more specific.
  • usage: "qualify these remarks"
  • synonyms: restrict
• Make fit or prepared.
  • usage: "Your education qualifies you for this job"
  • synonyms: dispose
• Specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement.
  • usage: "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments"
  • synonyms: stipulate, condition, specify
• Describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of.
  • usage: "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"
  • synonyms: characterize, characterise
• Add a modifier to a constituent.
  • synonyms: modify

• (v.i.) To obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath or complying with the forms required, on assuming an office.
• (v.t.) To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons.
• (v.i.) To be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or employment.
• (v.t.) To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
• (v.t.) To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation or character; to furnish with the knowledge, skill or other accomplishment necessary for a purpose; to make capable, as of an employment or privilege; to supply with legal power or capacity.
• (v.t.) To reduce from a general, undefined or comprehensive form, to particular or restricted form; to modify; to limit; to restrict; to restrain; as, to qualify a statement, claim or proposition.
• (v.t.) Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors.

Qualify is a process of preparing a borrower for a mortgage loan by analyzing their financial data and comparing to loan program criteria to determine the best-fit program based upon loan-to-value ratio, debt-to-income ratio and credit information (if applicable). Mortgage Qualify Calculator.