单词 | drawdown |
释义 | drawdownn.ΚΠ a1797 M. Wollstonecraft Cave of Fancy ii. in Posthumous Wks. (1798) IV. 114 A draw-down at the sides of his mouth. 1817 M. Edgeworth Ormond in Harrington & Ormond II. xviii. 394 Mr. McCrule.., one of the Cromwellians, a fellow with the true draw-down of the mouth. 1844 C. J. Lever Arthur O'Leary II. ix. 136 A very decided wink, and a draw down of the brows, cautioned me to silence. 2. Banking and Finance. a. Originally U.S. A withdrawal of money; the action or an act of withdrawing money or of drawing on available funds or loan facilities. ΚΠ 1891 Daily Nevada State Jrnl. 8 Mar. Those who paid income taxes during the existence of the law will be entitled to their money back... There are probably quite a number of persons in this State who are entitle[d] to ‘draw downs’. 1946 Braniff Airways Ann. Rep. 1946 4 The Loan Agreement provides that the Company may draw down its cash requirements from time to time during the year 1947 and convert such drawdowns into long-term notes. 1990 J. Eberts & T. Ilott My Indecision is Final xlviii. 520 The Midland would not allow any further draw-down of the credit facility. 2012 Independent 11 Aug. 51/2 The main alternative to a traditional annuity, income drawdown allows investors to decide where to invest a pension pot and how much they take from it as income. A capped income drawdown pension has restrictions on how much can be withdrawn each year. b. A reduction or decline in the financial value of a fund, stocks, etc. ΚΠ 1963 Financial Times 13 Dec. 14/2 If the stock figure is correct, there was a draw-down on stocks of nearly £80m. 1984 U.S. Industr. Outlook (U.S. Dept. Comm.) 11-2 The substantial drawdown in stocks which characterized 1982 came to an end and inventory rebuilding began cautiously. 2004 C. Lynn Leg the Spread x. 208 If investors..say..that they can comfortably sit through a drawdown of thirty percent, then I would welcome their account. 3. a. Withdrawal of water, oil, or gas from a reservoir or repository; an instance of this. Also: reduction in fluid pressure or level by such withdrawal. ΚΠ 1910 G. E. P. Smith Groundwater Supply & Irrigation Rillito Valley (Arizona Agric. Exper. Station Bull. No. 64) viii. 226 Allowance has been made for a draw-down, or lowering of the water level while pumping, of eight feet for the minimum lift, and twelve feet for the maximum lift. 1943 J. S. Huxley TVA ix. 55 Ingenious new methods of temporary draw-down of water-level. 1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. xv. 238/1 Low-permeability holes where draw-down of aquifer pressures during discharge is substantial. 2006 Orion Nov. 24/1 Combined with the new water drawdowns, the engineering measures slowed erosion. b. The removal of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from the atmosphere; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1989 Daily Tel. 6 July 20/2 Plankton have a particularly strong ability to cause the drawdown of carbon dioxide from the modern atmosphere. 2021 Weekend Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 8 May 11 The alarming truth is that technologies for drawdown are still in the imaginative stage. 4. Printing. A method of testing ink colour by scraping samples down a sheet of paper or other surface; an ink test made in this way. ΚΠ 1941 Inland Printer June 62/2 When testing the first-down ink in a rub-out or a drawdown, the stock for the run should be used. 2018 @RogueChocolate 20 July in twitter.com (accessed 1 Aug. 2019) Sorting through some stuff and found old drawdowns of UV fluorescent spot ink. 5. A reduction in the size or presence of a military force in a particular area. ΚΠ 1966 N.Y. Times 11 Apr. 64/1 The Vietnamese war has resulted in a major and, in some items, dangerous ‘draw-down’ of available military supplies. 1991 Royal Air Force News 4 Oct. 21/1 This process has, as you all know, resulted in the drawdown not only of United Kingdom forces but of our allies too. 2016 Soldier Apr. 12/1 The rebasing and drawdown of British Forces Germany (BFG) continues. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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