"6" . _:vb7023659 "1691, [John Locke], Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest, and Raising the Value of Money.\u00A0[\u2026], London: [\u2026] Awnsham and John Churchill,\u00A0[\u2026], published 1692, \u2192OCLC:"@en . _:vb7023659 . . _:vb7023658 . _:vb7023658 "(transitive, obsolete) To diminish; to lessen or lower."@en . _:vb7023659 "Upon lessening interest to four per cent, you fall the price of your native commodities."@en .