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§022r. (GAO) Reduction

GAO Glossary of Terms and Definitions (September 2005)

Reduction

Cancellation of the availability of budgetary resources previously provided by law before the authority would otherwise lapse. Reductions can be account specific and across-the-board. (See also Rescission; Sequestration.)

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