Definition of Drawdown

1. Noun. The act of reduction or depletion. ¹

2. Noun. The result of reduction or depletion. ¹

3. Noun. A change in hydraulic head in a well or other body of water. ¹

4. Noun. (economics) A measure of the decline from a historical peak in some variable, typically the cumulative profit or total open equity of a financial trading strategy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Drawdown

1. a lowering of a water level [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drawdown

drawbolts
drawbore
drawbored
drawbores
drawboring
drawboy
drawboys
drawbridge
drawbridges
drawcansir
drawcansirs
drawcard
drawcards
drawcord
drawcords
drawdown (current term)
drawdowns
drawe
drawed
drawee
drawees
drawer
drawer sign
drawer test
drawerful
drawerfuls
drawerless
drawers
drawersful
draweth

Literary usage of Drawdown

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Oil Supply Security: The Emergency Response Potential of IEA Countries in 2000 by International Energy Agency (2001)
"Thereafter, the drawdown rates decline rapidly, reaching negligible ... Figure 7 Maximum drawdown Profile for IEA Public Stocks United States CH Japan ..."

2. Force Structure: Streamlining Plans Could Enable Navy to Reduce Personnel by Carol R. Schuster (1998)
"... 1998 1999 Congressional Actions Stem drawdown of Active Duty Personnel Fiscal year Source: GAO analysis of DOD Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) data. ..."

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