writedown

See also: write-down and write down

English

Etymology

From the verb phrase write down.

Noun

writedown (plural writedowns)

1. (accounting) An adjustment; a precise amount adjusted by an act of writing down or entering an asset and its value; a reduction of an asset, written down or otherwise recorded as such.

Translations

adjustment; precise amount adjusted by an act of writing down an asset

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