"writedown" meaning in English

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        "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."
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        "(accounting) 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."
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "adjustment; precise amount adjusted by an act of writing down an asset",
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            "feminine"
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          "roman": "častíčnoje spisánije",
          "sense": "adjustment; precise amount adjusted by an act of writing down an asset",
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            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "части́чное списа́ние"
        }
      ]
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  ],
  "word": "writedown"
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    },
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