write-down
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6.4
- noun
- /ˈraɪtˌdaʊn/
- Specialized
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ajuste contable
- Hudson/Keen et al. call for a debt jubilee, or at the very least a write-down of private debt to the ability to pay.
- billion write-down
- million write-down
- write-down of goodwill
Well, now folks, you have phase two of a bear market and that is the write down of earnings per share.
- Well, now folks, you have phase two of a bear market and that is the write down of earnings per share.
Examples
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The estimates for further subprime write-downs run into the tens of billions of dollars.
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JPMorgan Chase similarly reported that around half of their $3 billion in write-downs comes from investor-owned loans.
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Well, now folks, you have phase two of a bear market and that is the write down of earnings per share.
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And to date, European banks have recognized a smaller share of total likely write-downs than U.S. banks have.
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And this does not even take into account the adverse effect the debt write-down would have on Greek banks.
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Banks, both the US and overseas, and investment banks are beginning to report large losses due to the write-down of mortgage debt.
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Amazon reported a wider net loss than it expected, largely because of a massive write-down it made in conjunction with its investment in LivingSocial.
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One notable option for struggling homeowners from Romney is the Shared Appreciation Modification, in which the lender agrees to write down the principal of a mortgage and then get a percentage of the price increase when the home is sold.
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Even if a more general write-down of Greek debt were to cut Greece's existing interest payments in half, the deficit would still be six percent of Greece's GDP, and the debt-to-GDP ratio would rise to 165 percent of GDP at the end of 12 months.
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Disney reported a $157 million write-down on its Vice stake due to declining market conditions.
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How Large
- Specialized
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5.7
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6.1
- Specialized
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6.4
- Specialized
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3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Write-down comes from the simple idea of putting write 'to record' and down 'lower' together, so you 'write' a smaller number 'down' in the books. That's why a write-down means lowering the recorded value of something a company owns to match its lower real worth.