write-down

[ rahyt-doun ]

/ ˈraɪtˌdaʊn /

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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.

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Origin of write-down

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

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How to use write-down in a sentence

Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.
Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner!|Olivia Nuzzi|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
That article noted that the F-35 does not currently have the ability to down-link live video to ground troops,.
Pentagon Misfires in Stealth Jet Scandal|Dave Majumdar|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A grand juror in the Ferguson case is suing to be able to explain exactly what went down in the courtroom.
Politicians Only Love Journalists When They're Dead|Luke O’Neil|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The gunman then burst from the restaurant and fled down the street with the other man.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

My doctor insisted that once I filed this piece I lie down on my bed and not get out.
I Tried to Warn You About Sleazy Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in 2003|Vicky Ward|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
Physiology of The Opera|John H. Swaby (AKA "Scrici")
I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.
Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing|Richard Duckworth and Fabian Stedman
His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
So he bore down on the solemn declaration that she stood face to face with a prison term for perjury.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various

British Dictionary definitions for write-down

write down

verb (adverb)

(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 write-down

accounting a reduction made in the book value of an asset

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with write-down

write down

Set down in writing, record, as in Please write down your new address and phone number. [Late 1500s]

Reduce in rank, value, or price, as in They've written down their assets. [Late 1800s]

Write in a simple or condescending style, as in These science texts are written down for high-school students. [Second half of 1800s]