less

less
less DETERMINER & PRONOUN 1) a smaller amount of; not as much. 2) fewer in number.
ADVERB to a smaller extent; not so much.
PREPOSITION minus.
USAGE On the difference in use between less and fewer, see the note at FEW(Cf. ↑few).
ORIGIN Old English.

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