To lessen (authority, influence, power, credit), †to lower the value of (something); †to impoverish (an estate).

transitive. To reduce or moderate (a price). Now rare.

transitive. To reduce the price or value of (land, goods, etc.); esp. to debase (currency). Now rare.

transitive. To decrease (a price or value); to reduce the price of (a commodity) or the value of (a currency). Obsolete.

to beat the price, to beat the market, to beat the bargain: to endeavour to bring down the price, to chaffer for the lowest terms; to cheapen; = abate…

To reduce, lessen, lower (price); to simplify.

To force down (prices, etc.).

To lower or reduce in price, strength, purity, etc.; to reduce or tone down in colour (cf. degradation, n.2).

transitive. Originally U.S. To reduce, cut back; esp. to reduce (prices) to a previous level. Cf. rollback, n. 2a.