WRITE-DOWN Definition & Meaning

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write-down

[ rahyt-doun ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

write down

verb

tr to set down in writing
tr to harm or belittle by writing about (a person) in derogatory terms
intr; foll by to or for to write in a simplified way (to a supposedly less cultured readership)
tr accounting to decrease the book value of (an asset)

noun

accounting a reduction made in the book value of an asset

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榶心vlog History and Origins

Origin of write-down¹

First recorded in 1930鈥�35; noun use of verb phrase write down

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In August, Paramount took a $6-billion write-down to account for the declining value of its cable television portfolio and so it entered the negotiations with Google with a weaker hand.

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In August, Paramount took a $6-billion write-down to account for the declining value of its cable television portfolio.

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Its film studio was in such a slump that Tokyo parent company Sony Corp. took a nearly $1 billion write-down just months before Vinciquerra was announced as the new chief executive and chairman.

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Discovery took a $9-billion write-down in August to reflect the diminishing value of its basic cable channels.

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Discovery took a $9-billion write-down to reflect the diminished value of its basic cable channels.

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