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voluntary reduction

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voluntary
adjective
uk /ˈvɒl.ən.tər.i/ us /ˈvɑː.lən.ter.i/
done, made, or given willingly, without being forced or paid to ...
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reduction
noun
uk /rɪˈdʌk.ʃən/ us /rɪˈdʌk.ʃən/
the act of making something, or of something becoming, smaller in size, amount, degree, ...
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Examples of voluntary reduction


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The size of this voluntaryreduction has generated more research into the almond industry's pesticide use records than any other commodity46-48.
I was surprised by the offer of a voluntaryreduction to 140g by 2008, even if it was not quite what we had in mind.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The country should be told the plain unvarnished facts, however grave, and should be asked to make a voluntaryreduction.
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After considering representations from that authority, he agreed to its proposal to make a voluntaryreduction in its rate of an amount less than was originally proposed.
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However, when we are asking our own people to accept a voluntaryreduction in their standard of life there are limits to what we can do in other directions.
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The inspectors dealt with about 40,000 complaints and found that in the overwhelming majority of cases where there had been a mistake there was a voluntaryreduction.
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A drastic voluntaryreduction in size of a victorious army is called demobilization.
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On an individual level, work downshifting is a voluntaryreduction in annual income.
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Legislation aimed towards voluntaryreduction of second-hand smoke was enacted, but was not successful; few establishments installed effective ventilation systems.
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The funds are appropriated only for voluntaryreduction of emissions and can not be used to meet the requirements of any federal, state, or local laws for emissions standards.
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Today they are told of voluntary reductions; tomorrow the reductions will be compulsory.
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Voluntary reductions are obviously in everybody's best interests.
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Voluntary reductions in this industry are occurring.
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Voluntary reductions are in everybody's best interest.
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