Dictionary

draw down en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (transitive) To lower (curtains, a portcullis, etc.).
2. (transitive) To reduce (e.g. by withdrawal).
   • If there is confidence that the current strategy is working, then that should enable the United States to steadily draw down its forces starting in July, based on conditions on the ground,[…] 2010, Richard Lee Armitage, Samuel R. Berger, Daniel Seth Markey, US Strategy for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Council on Foreign Relations, →ISBN:
3. (transitive) To reduce (e.g. by withdrawal). ▸ To initiate a drawdown (withdrawal of equipment, supplies, etc., potentially to provide it to another party).
   • DRAWDOWN OF EQUIPMENT IN STORAGE Mr. ADDABBO. General, in the event of sudden need for drawdown would you draw down from your modern equipments or would you draw down from equipment that is in storage, the older equipment? 1974, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations, Second Supplemental Appropriation Bill, 1974: Hearings Before Subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, Second Session, page 601:
4. (transitive) To acquire or pull in, as funding.
   • We need to draw down 10 million dollars.

Forms

Translations (24)

de einsammeln (acquire as funding) · ru спусти́ть (lower) · fi vähentää (reduce) · fi vetää pois (initiate a drawdown) · cmn 吸引 (acquire as funding) · de in Anspruch nehmen (acquire as funding) · fi saada kasaan (acquire as funding) · de herabziehen (lower) · ru опуска́ть (lower) · ru спуска́ть (lower) · cmn 縮減 /缩减 (reduce) · de herunterziehen (lower) · cmn 獲得 /获得 (acquire as funding) · cmn 降下 (lower) · fi laskea (lower) · cmn 削減 /削减 (reduce) · cmn 撤出 (initiate a drawdown) · ru опусти́ть (lower) · fi saada kerättyä (acquire as funding) · cmn 放下 (lower) · de einziehen (acquire as funding) · fr lever (acquire as funding) · cmn 撤資 /撤资 (initiate a drawdown) · fr baisser (lower)