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write-down
(rīt′doun′),USA pronunciation n. [Accountableing.]
- Businessa reduction of the entered value of an asset account.
- Businessthe procedure of reducing the recorded value of an asset, either by estimate or as a plan.
- noun, nominal use of verb, verbal phrase write down 1930–35
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