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Meaning of draw down | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To lower (curtains, a portcullis, etc.).
  2. To reduce (e.g. by withdrawal).
  3. To initiate a drawdown (withdrawal of equipment, supplies, etc., potentially to provide it to another party).
  4. To acquire or pull in, as funding.

Equivalents

Examples

“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,[…]”
“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?”
“We need to draw down 10 million dollars.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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