drawdown

English

noun
Definitions
  • The act of reduction or depletion.
  • The result of reduction or depletion.
  • A change in hydraulic head in a well or other body of water.
  • (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.
  • (banking) The process of a bank releasing previously agreed loan amount to the borrower, hence making it available for them to use.

Etymology

Compound from English draw (move by pulling) + English down (from a higher position to a lower one, hill).

Origin

English

down

Gloss

from a higher position to a lower one, hill

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

丘, 岡, 阜

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