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write-down

write-down is the alternative form of writedown.

Meaning of writedown

Noun

writedown (plural writedowns)

  1. 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.
    • If Chelsea were to fall foul of profit and sustainability, they would be expected to cite unforeseen circumstances, much as some clubs have claimed Covid writedowns: their books would have been sound but for the pandemic.March 11 2022, David Hytner, “Chelsea are in crisis but there is no will to leave club on their knees”, in The Guardian

Forms of write-down

pluralwrite-downs

Origin of write-down

Deverbal from write down.

Questions about write-down

What is write-down the alternative form of?
Write-down is the alternative form of writedown.

Words near write-down in the dictionary

  1. write-ahead log
  2. write-ahead logging
  3. write-around
  4. write-back
  5. write-backs
  6. write-down
  7. write-downs
  8. write-in
  9. write-ins
  10. write-off
  11. write-offs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: write-down (page history and authors); writedown (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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