drawdown

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noun

draw·​down ˈdrȯ-ˌdau̇n How to pronounce drawdown (audio)
1
: a lowering of a water level (as in a reservoir)
2
a
: the process of depleting
b

draw down

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verb

drew down; drawn down; drawing down; draws down

transitive verb

: to deplete by using or spending

Examples of drawdown in a Sentence

Verb I drew down my bank account just paying for tuition.
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Noun
Advertisement The weapons are funded through presidential drawdown authority, meaning they can be pulled directly from U.S. stockpiles, and the Pentagon is pushing to get them to Ukraine before the end of the month. Tara Copp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025 At the conference on Thursday, Mr. Austin announced a new $500 million military aid package for Ukraine, part of a presidential drawdown authority that the Biden administration, in its final weeks, has been using to maintain the flow of support to Ukraine. John Ismay, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Verb
Theoretically, if 1,000 tonnes of CO2 is artificially pulled out of the ocean’s upper layer, the ocean will eventually draw down 1,000 tonnes of CO2 from the air. IEEE Spectrum, 26 Dec. 2024 The goal isn’t to grow a large sum of money in an investment account and then draw down from it to live on. George Acheampong, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for drawdown 

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1910, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1853, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of drawdown was in 1853

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“Drawdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drawdown. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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