round down

British

verb

(tr, adverb) to lower (a number) to the nearest whole number or ten, hundred, or thousand below it Compare round up

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The points will be halved and rounded down, which will create an even closer title race.

From BBC

And some prices have been rounded down: the cost of public transport in the capital Sofia is due to fall slightly.

From BBC

To avoid lawsuits and customer complaints, many retailers have chosen to just round down.

From BBC

The employee, Sheridan Covington, said there was a company policy in place to “disproportionately round down” the number of hours worked when calculating pay.

From Los Angeles Times

Where a party has polled less than 0.5%, it is shown in the table below as 0 due to rounding down the numbers.

From BBC

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