I.down1[美 daʊn, 英 daʊn]副down often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (back down, clamp down, tone down, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (back, clamp, tone, etc).
As tighter government regulations have forced banks to reevaluate and pare down commodities businesses, private equity-backed hedge funds and commodity merchants have stepped in.