"writedown" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from write down.",
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          "ref": "March 11 2022, David Hytner, “Chelsea are in crisis but there is no will to leave club on their knees”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "If Chelsea were to fall foul of profit and sustainability, they would be expected to cite unforeseen circumstances, much as some clubs have claimed Covid writedowns: their books would have been sound but for the pandemic.",
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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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        "accounting",
        "business",
        "finance"
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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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          "word": "Abschreibung"
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          "roman": "častíčnoje spisánije",
          "sense": "adjustment; precise amount adjusted by an act of writing down an asset",
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          "word": "части́чное списа́ние"
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  "word": "writedown"
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        "feminine"
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    },
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      "sense": "adjustment; precise amount adjusted by an act of writing down an asset",
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    }
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  "word": "writedown"
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