Betekenis van write sth down In het Nederlands

• 0 to write something on a piece of paper so that you do not forget it:

  • Did you write down Jo's phone number?

• 1 to show in a company's accounts (= financial records) that something is worth less than it was before:

  • The building cost £700,000 to build, but it was written down to £300,000.

• 2 to show a reduction in the value of an asset in a company's accounts, usually because it is no longer worth as much as it was before:

  • The company was forced to write down $450m after a revaluation of its assets.

• 3 to record something on a piece of paper:

  • Did you write down his phone number?