[doun-greyd] 
noun, adjective, adverb, verb, -grad⋅ed, -grad⋅ing.| 1. | a downward slope, esp. of a road. |
| 2. | downhill. |
| 3. | to assign to a lower status with a smaller salary. |
| 4. | to minimize the importance of; denigrate: She tried to downgrade the findings of the investigation. |
| 5. | to assign a lower security classification to (information, a document, etc.). |
| 6. | on the downgrade, in a decline toward an inferior state or position: His career has been on the downgrade. |
| down·grade (doun'grād') n.
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Downgrade
A negative change in the rating of a security.
Investopedia Commentary
For example, an analyst may downgrade a stock from strong buy to buy, or a bond rating agency may downgrade a bond from AAA to AA.
Related Links
Analyst Recommendations: Do Sell Ratings Exist?
Why There Are Few Sell Ratings On Wall Street
See also: Buy, Hold, Outperform, Sell, Underperform, Upgrade
Also spelled: Down Grade, Down-grade
