An increase; something that accumulates, especially an amount of money that periodically accumulates for a specific purpose
from the creditor's viewpoint, a charge incurred in one accounting period that has not been, but is to be, paid by the end of it.
An amount by which a quantity is decreased.
A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See Decrease (knitting).
Of a quantity, to become smaller.
To make (a quantity) smaller.