drawdown

About 0.36 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of reduction or depletion (including through withdrawal or utilization).

   The government initiated a drawdown of forces in the border region.

2. noun The withdrawal of weapons, ammunition and other supplies from US stocks, and provision of it to another nation.
3. noun A lowering in water level, as in a well or a reservoir.
4. noun The result of reduction, utilization, or depletion. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
5. noun (A measure of) the decline from a historical peak in some economic or financial variable.
6. noun The process of a bank releasing previously agreed loan amount to the borrower, hence making it available for them to use.
7. noun The borrowing of funds from a financial institution, under the terms of a credit agreement.

Similar words

withdrawal deduction withdraw retirement removal withdrawing delisting retreat recall retrenchment

Often followed by

of in is and at data curve test for

Word family

drawdowns