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Writedown

Part of Speech: Noun

Definition: A reduction in the book value of an asset or security that reflects a decrease in its value.

Example Sentence: The company reported a significant writedown on its investment portfolio.

Part of Speech: Verb

Definition 1: To decrease the value of an asset or security in accounting records.

Example Sentence 1: The financial analyst recommended writedown of the company's bad debts.

Definition 2: To reduce the amount or value of something, especially in writing.

Example Sentence 2: The author had to writedown several paragraphs to meet the word count limit.

Part of Speech: Adjective

Definition: Describing something that is recorded or written down.

Example Sentence: The meeting minutes were kept in a writedown format for easy reference later.

Part of Speech: Adverb

Definition: In a manner that involves writing down.

Example Sentence: He quickly and efficiently writedown the lecture notes as the professor spoke.