Meaning & use
Decommit
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To withdraw a prior commitment, or to release previously allocated resources such as computer memory or funds.
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The bank decided to decommit the unused portion of the loan facility.
The operating system will decommit memory pages that are no longer needed.
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Common in both finance, where it means pulling back a pledged investment, and computing, where it means freeing allocated memory.
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