mark down vs scale back

mark down

verb
  • To reduce the price of. 

  • To write a memorandum about. 

  • To subtract marks or points from, for an error. 

  • To draw a conclusion about something; to consider something to be a certain way. (Typically used with as.) 

  • To write down. 

scale back

verb
  • To make a reduction in the amount, extent, etc. of something. 

How often have the words mark down and scale back occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )