Examples of “drawdown” in a Sentence

noun In investing, the fall in value from a peak to the following trough, usually given as a percentage. Maximum drawdown is a standard measure of how much an investor would have lost at the worst point.

• The fund suffered a 34% drawdown in 2008.
• He judges strategies by maximum drawdown, not headline return.

noun The act of taking money out of a fund, facility or reserve that has been made available, and the amount taken.

• The first drawdown on the loan is due next month.
• In the UK, pension drawdown lets you take an income while the rest stays invested.

noun A planned reduction in the size of something, especially the number of troops deployed or a stock of materiel.

• The drawdown of forces will run over eighteen months.

noun In hydrology, the drop in the level of water in a well, reservoir or aquifer caused by pumping or release.

• Heavy irrigation caused a drawdown of nearly two meters in the aquifer.