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11write-down — /ruyt down /, n. Accounting. 1. a reduction of the entered value of an asset account. 2. the procedure of reducing the recorded value of an asset, either by estimate or as a plan. [1930 35; n. use of v. phrase write down] * * * …
12write down — phr verb Write down is used with these nouns as the object: ↑number, ↑thought …
13write down — verb a) To set (something) down in writing; to record something. b) To write (something) in a simple or condescending style …
14write-down — noun a depreciation, or a lowering in the price or value of something See Also: write off, mark down …
15write-down — The recording in *financial statements or a *general ledger of a reduction of the *book value of an *asset. Contrast *write off and *write up …
16write down — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To register in or as if in a book: book, catalog, enroll, inscribe, list1, set down. See REMEMBER. 2. To become or make less in price or value: cheapen, depreciate, depress, devaluate, devalue, downgrade, lower2,… …
17write down — take down on paper, note down, register, list …
18write down — /ˌraɪt daυn/ verb to note an asset at a lower value than previously ● written down value ● The car is written down in the company’s books …
19write down — verb Date: 1588 transitive verb 1. to record in written form 2. a. to depreciate, disparage, or injure by writing b. to reduce in status, rank, or value; especially to reduce the book value of intransitive verb to write so as to appeal to a lower …
20write-down — In accounting, to transfer a portion of the balance of an asset to an expense account due to a decrease in the value of an asset. See also write off …
