The phrase "across the board decrease" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a reduction that affects all areas or categories equally.
Example: "The company announced an across the board decrease in salaries due to the economic downturn."
Alternatives: "overall reduction" or "uniform decrease".
Under the agreement to be considered by the House and Senate later this week, Pentagon spending would rise nearly $5 billion this year -- about $2 billion less than the increase initially sought by Republicans -- while nondefense programs would receive targeted cuts as well as a $1 billion across-the-board decrease that would bring net spending reductions to roughly $38 billion.
There is no immigrant crime wave, no across-the-board decrease in wages, and no underclass of undocumented immigrants on welfare.
There were significant reductions in traffic volume on the highway with closures north of Boston, with relatively little change along other highways, indicating a more isolated traffic reduction rather than an across-the-board decrease.
The key difference is an across-the-board decrease in both stability and strength ratings (e.g., "Strong" in the high quality branch corresponds to "Moderate" in the moderate quality branch).
In contrast, there was very little change in traffic on a loop road around Boston (I-95), which lacked road closures, or I-93 to the south or west, indicating a more isolated traffic reduction rather than an across-the-board decrease.
The committee voted also to freeze federal workers' pay in 1986, rather than impose the across-the-board salary decrease that Reagan had asked.
A second-quarter report issued this week by the brokerage firm showed that there were across-the-board rent decreases around Manhattan, ranging from 6 to 24percentt, depending on location, in the first six months of the year.
According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, colleges and universities will also be feeling the sting with across-the-board funding decreases.
The proposed increases are a tiny part of Mr. Bloomberg's strategy to find new revenue as the city prepares for drastic, across-the-board cuts, including major decreases in the teaching force and cutbacks in services for vulnerable children.
Obama definitely bounced back with attacks on the lack of Romney specificity, even though Romney effectively, and vociferously, challenged the President's claim that the Governor's plan to decrease taxes across-the-board by 20% will increase the deficit.
Teachers haven't seen an across-the-board raise since 2014, and increasing health premiums have caused some workers' take-home pay to decrease.
