Decrease and Truncate

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

• Replace a corner by a plane.
• Approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one.
  • usage: "truncate a series"
• Make shorter as if by cutting off.
  • usage: "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
  • synonyms: cut short

adjective

• Terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off.
  • usage: "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid"
  • synonyms: truncated

• (v.t.) To cut off; to lop; to maim.
• (a.) Appearing as if cut off at the tip; as, a truncate leaf or feather.

Truncate is the process by which an original paper check is removed from the payment-processing stream, is archived as an image and replaced by a substitute check. The original check is usually destroyed after a short time.