The phrase "a declining scale" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where something is decreasing in size, importance, or value, often in a systematic or measurable way.
Example: "The budget cuts were implemented on a declining scale, affecting larger departments first before moving to smaller ones."
Alternatives: "a diminishing scale" or "a decreasing scale".
Traditionally, Mr. Liebowitz said, prepayment penalties were calculated as a percentage of the outstanding balance of the mortgage imposed on a declining scale.
A government shutdown insurance program could also incorporate time elements and maximum periods of protection, for example up to one month of income continuity at 100%, thereafter applied with a declining scale of income protection based on historical data.
Her friends may balk at what advisory firms charge high-net-worth clients; BNY Mellon's fees, for exam-ple, are 1.25 percent on $1 million to $2 million in assets (subject to a $15,000 minimum), with a declining scale for higher asset levels.
Terms of the deal were typically based on a declining scale of returns to the distributor.
With much more regulatory and compliance oversight and a declining pay scale, not to mention increased public scrutiny, those who succeed at this career will be those with a passion for the business.
The pre-test post-test results for the SF36 revealed a declining trend in one scale only energy/fatigue and no significant differences on the Geriatric Depression Scale GDS.
HOUSTON — The ailing American coal industry, which has pinned its hopes on exports to counter a declining market at home, is scaling back its ambitions as demand from abroad starts to ebb as well.
The efficiency change was attributed to an increase in pure efficiency of 2.4% and a decline in scale efficiency of 1.2%.
The problem is, if in a study 50% of the sample score 10 out of 10 on a notional distress scale declining to 0 out of 10 over time, whereas the other 50% score 0 out of 10 increasing to 10 out of 10 over the same period, the observed group mean will remain at 5 out of 10 and the conclusion would be there is no change in distress.
"Furthermore, battery cost (which makes up a big part of the overall cost of EV) continues to decline with scale and technological innovation".
During aging, the loss in number of neurons is negligible28, especially compared to the age-accompanying damage of white matter integrity29, which among other modifications is responsible for a decline of large-scale structural networks.
