verb
Meaning 1
To lower (curtains, a portcullis, etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
draw down
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verb
Meaning 2
To reduce (e.g. by withdrawal).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 3
To reduce (e.g. by withdrawal).
To initiate a drawdown (withdrawal of equipment, supplies, etc., potentially to provide it to another party).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To acquire or pull in, as funding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- We need to draw down 10 million dollars.
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History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 放下 (fàngxià) — lower
- Chinese Mandarin: 降下 (jiàngxià) — lower
- Finnish: laskea — lower
- French: baisser — lower
- German: herabziehen — lower
- German: herunterziehen — lower
- Russian: опуска́ть (opuskátʹ) — lower
- Russian: опусти́ть (opustítʹ) — lower
- Russian: спуска́ть (spuskátʹ) — lower
- Russian: спусти́ть (spustítʹ) — lower
- Chinese Mandarin: 削減 /削减 (xuējiǎn) — reduce
- Chinese Mandarin: 縮減 /缩减 (suōjiǎn) — reduce
- Finnish: vähentää — reduce
- Chinese Mandarin: 撤出 (chèchū) — initiate a drawdown
- Chinese Mandarin: 撤資 /撤资 (chèzī) — initiate a drawdown
- Finnish: vetää pois — initiate a drawdown
- Chinese Mandarin: 吸引 (xīyǐn) — acquire as funding
- Chinese Mandarin: 獲得 /获得 (huòdé) — acquire as funding
- Finnish: saada kerättyä — acquire as funding
- Finnish: saada kasaan — acquire as funding
- French: lever — acquire as funding
- German: einziehen — acquire as funding
- German: in Anspruch nehmen — acquire as funding
- German: einsammeln — acquire as funding