Drawdown — has four distinct meanings: Drawdown (hydrology), a lowering of a reservoir or a change in hydraulic head in an aquifer, typically due to pumping a well. Drawdown (economics), decline in the value of an investment, below its all time high.… … Wikipedia
drawdown — of troops, by 1991, in reference to the end of the Cold War; from DRAW (Cf. draw) (v.) + DOWN (Cf. down) (adv.). Earlier of wells (c.1900) … Etymology dictionary
drawdown — [drô′doun΄] n. 1. a lowering of the water level of a well, reservoir, etc., as in supplying industry with water 2. a reduction or depletion … English World dictionary
drawdown — The worst percentage cumulative loss (from peak to valley) for an investment in the managed futures industry is known as a drawdown. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary The state in which the borrower obtains some of the project financing, usually … Financial and business terms
Drawdown — The peak to trough decline during a specific record period of an investment, fund or commodity. A drawdown is usually quoted as the percentage between the peak and the trough. A drawdown is measured from the time a retrenchment begins to when a… … Investment dictionary
drawdown — UK [ˈdrɔːˌdaʊn] / US [ˈdrɔˌdaʊn] noun [countable] Word forms drawdown : singular drawdown plural drawdowns 1) the removal of some soldiers from an area where there has been fighting 2) a reduction in the value of an investment … English dictionary
drawdown — /draw down /, n. 1. a lowering of water surface level, as in a well. 2. a reduction or depletion: a drawdown of weapons in an arms limitation plan. [1780 90, for literal sense; DRAW + DOWN1] * * * … Universalium
drawdown — 1) The drawing of funds against a credit line See also flexible drawdown 2) The movement of a customer s funds from one account to another account, which may be in another bank … Big dictionary of business and management
drawdown — /ˈdrɔdaʊn/ (say drawdown) noun 1. Finance the decline, measured from peak to trough, of an investment, fund or commodity. 2. Banking the accessing of funds provided under a borrowing facility. 3. Botany the water or nutrients taken in by the… … Australian-English dictionary
drawdown — noun Date: 1918 1. a lowering of a water level (as in a reservoir) 2. a. the process of depleting b. reduction … New Collegiate Dictionary
