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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a fifth less" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a quantity that is reduced by one-fifth of its original amount.
Example: "The new price of the product is a fifth less than the original price."
Alternatives: "one-fifth lower" or "20% less".
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The average annual intake of fizzy drinks is dropping, with the average American drinking nearly a fifth less than a decade ago.
It recently released Tide Basic, which costs around a fifth less than its more upmarket cousin.
If they keep their jobs, they are paid on average a fifth less than men.
The land is thawing: the area covered by snow in June is roughly a fifth less than in the 1960s.
A British employee produces a fifth less than a French one, but he or she is more than a third cheaper to hire.For firms, this is wonderful.
But industry buzz is around the success of a turbocharged, six-cylinder Ford engine that uses a fifth less fuel than older, larger V8 engines of similar power.
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The creation of a fifth, less-generous tier in the state's pension plan, agreed on by the governor and the unions last year, will save the state as much as $48 billion dollars over the next 30 years.
A second less quantitative goal is to provide more transparency.
For some, environmental sustainability is a third, less important concern.
(A third, less likely factor might be the heat).
It could be more a third less revenue.
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