On this page you'll find 7 example sentences with Writedown. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Writedown meaning
An adjustment; a precise amount adjusted by an act of writing down or entering an asset and its value; a reduction of an asset, written down or otherwise recorded as such.
Using Writedown
- The main meaning on this page is: An adjustment; a precise amount adjusted by an act of writing down or entering an asset and its value; a reduction of an asset, written down or otherwise recorded as such.
- In the example corpus, writedown often appears in combinations such as: writedown of, the writedown.
Context around Writedown
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Writedown
- In this selection, "writedown" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, substantial, goodwill, cash, following, reflected and due stand out and add context to how "writedown" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a substantial writedown of about and billion goodwill writedown following satya. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "writedown" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with writedown
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The writedown reflected decreased profitability, it said. (7 words)
It’s believed to be the largest such writedown in Exxon history. (12 words)
The potash company took a writedown due to the permanent closure of its mine in New Brunswick. (17 words)
By way of a brief recap, HMD Global emerged from the ashes of Microsoft’s ill-conceived Nokia devices acquisition a decade ago, a move that spawned a $7 billion “goodwill” writedown following Satya Nadella’s promotion to the CEO hot seat. (42 words)
About half of the loss was the result of a £245m non-cash writedown of the value of the group’s goodwill, which represents the value of intangible assets such as the power of a brand and good employee and customer relations. (42 words)
This is after considering the writedown of ₹8,415 crore of AT 1 bonds (the Cabinet’s approved scheme had no mention of it). (24 words)
Example sentences (7)
British American Tobacco announced a substantial writedown of about GBP25B for some US brands, resulting in a steep selloff.
By way of a brief recap, HMD Global emerged from the ashes of Microsoft’s ill-conceived Nokia devices acquisition a decade ago, a move that spawned a $7 billion “goodwill” writedown following Satya Nadella’s promotion to the CEO hot seat.
The writedown reflected decreased profitability, it said.
It’s believed to be the largest such writedown in Exxon history.
This is after considering the writedown of ₹8,415 crore of AT 1 bonds (the Cabinet’s approved scheme had no mention of it).
About half of the loss was the result of a £245m non-cash writedown of the value of the group’s goodwill, which represents the value of intangible assets such as the power of a brand and good employee and customer relations.
The potash company took a writedown due to the permanent closure of its mine in New Brunswick.
Common combinations with writedown
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- writedown of 3×
- the writedown 2×