Definition of Downtick

a downward trend or decrease

Examples of Downtick in a sentence

Unemployment was at eight percent last year, but a small downtick these past few months has dropped it to seven.  🔊

The teacher had no choice but to downtick Jeffrey’s grade from an A to an A- when she saw the serious error on the last page.  🔊

Jim promised to downtick the amount of time he spent watching TV, but it only went from ten hours a week to nine and a half.  🔊

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