Decrease and Salvage

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.

noun

• Property or goods saved from damage or destruction.
• The act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction.
• The act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire.

verb

• Save from ruin, destruction, or harm.
  • synonyms: salve, relieve, save
• Collect discarded or refused material.
  • usage: "She scavenged the garbage cans for food"
  • synonyms: scavenge

• (n.) That part of the property that survives the peril and is saved.
• (n.) The act of saving a vessel, goods or life, from perils of the sea.
• (n.) The compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her cargo from peril.
• (a.&n.) Savage.

(DoD) Property that has some value in excess of its basic material content but is in such condition that it has no reasonable prospect of use for any purpose as a unit and its repair or rehabilitation for use as a unit is clearly impractical.
(DoD) The saving or rescuing of condemned, discarded, or abandoned property, and of materials contained therein for reuse, refabrication, or scrapping.