drawdown
/dɹˈɔdˌaʊn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.62 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of reduction or depletion (including through withdrawal or utilization).
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The act of reduction or depletion (including through withdrawal or utilization).
American usage; Countable; Uncountable
noun
The act of reduction or depletion (including through withdrawal or utilization).
Countable; Uncountable
noun
(A measure of) the decline from a historical peak in some economic or financial variable.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The government initiated a drawdown of forces in the border region."
- "This imbalance causes the buildup of inventories during the summer months when consumption is low and the drawdown of inventories during the winter months when consumption is much higher."
- "In order to stem the drawdown of gold reserves, the new economic minister quickly arranged US$ 260 million in "swaps" from friendly Latin American central banks"
- "Despite brief hopes of a respite in tensions after Vladimir Putin’s announcement on Tuesday that there would be a “partial” drawdown of forces, some Nato countries remained sceptical about how many of the roughly 130,000 troops had really been withdrawn."
- "The presidential drawdown authority, a US foreign policy tool, allows for the speedy delivery of DoD stocks to foreign countries in crisis."
- "From June to October 1992, an intensive reconnaissance survey of cultural resources exposed by a drawdown in lake elevation was conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers"
Etymology
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- American usage