write-down

[rahyt-doun]

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noun Accounting.

a reduction of the entered value of an asset account.

the procedure of reducing the recorded value of an asset, either by estimate or as a plan.

Origin:
1930–35; noun use of verb phrase write down

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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

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write-down
noun
(accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset [syn: write-off]

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