Definition of "downgrading" []

• Present participle of downgrade. (verb)
• A downgrade; a reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating. (noun)

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• "Metro police members said they were protesting over what they called the downgrading of their posts when the department was restructured."
• "Moody's joined two other major credit rating agencies in downgrading Spanish debt."
• ""Surging interest" in downgrading from Vista to XP means that Microsoft's income stream will shortly dry up to a trickle."