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Use "writedowns" in a sentence
"Right now, the main reason that banks have been slow in taking the writedowns is because (IMO) a number of them would be out of business if they took the full hit."
"European banks have already raised $115 billion from investors to replenish capital after reporting $134 billion in writedowns, Goldman analysts led by Christoffer Malmer said in a note to clients today"
"The writedowns are the largest to be announced so far in the capital markets and LBO lending operations of the big U.S. banks, but the firm's shares rose 2.5%."