Decrease and Retire

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

retire

Go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position.
- usage: "He retired at age 68"
Withdraw from active participation.
- usage: "He retired from chess"
- synonyms: withdraw
Pull back or move away or backward.
- usage: "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
- synonyms: withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, move back
Withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds.
Break from a meeting or gathering.
- usage: "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
- synonyms: adjourn, withdraw
Make (someone) retire.
- usage: "The director was retired after the scandal"
Dispose of (something no longer useful or needed. )
- usage: "She finally retired that old coat"
Lose interest.
- usage: "he retired from life when his wife died"
- synonyms: withdraw
Cause to be out on a fielding play.
- synonyms: put out
Cause to get out.
- usage: "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base"
- synonyms: strike out
Prepare for sleep.
- usage: "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"
- synonyms: go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep

(v.i.) To withdraw from a public station or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired.
(v.i.) To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.
(n.) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire or fall back.
(v.i.) To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world or from notice.
(v.t.) To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
(v.t.) To withdraw from circulation or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.
(v.i.) To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.
(v.t.) To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer.
(v.i.) To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle.
(n.) The act of retiring or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

To extinguish a security, as in paying off a debt.