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Old 06-23-2004, 09:08 AM   #5
Henry
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It's a language variation between American and German. The terms used are "increase" (obvious) and "bump" = decrease. Think of "bump" as follows....

Synonyms DEGRADE 1, break, bust, declass, demerit, demote, disgrade, disrate, downgrade, reduce
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