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- noun The process of
winding something down .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"The winddown of the economy has also bottomed out."
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A pause in the market won't necessarily hurt these insurers, although a permanent shutdown would mean they effectively turn into administrators of closed funds and slowly managing them toward their eventual winddown.
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Then I give her about 5 ounces of formula, and she stares lovingly at me the whole time, while she drinks and I can see her begin to winddown, and inevitably she starts falling asleep.
wendchymes Diary Entry wendchymes 2007
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Their removal is part of a broad winddown of emergency liquidity backstops by the Fed as markets normalize.
BusinessWeek.com -- 2010
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Certainty on the timeframe of Anglo's winddown is just as elusive.
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The constructive endgame here is an orderly winddown of one of the Detroit 3 with a complete dismantling of its capacity.
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Saab's closing will be "an orderly winddown," he said, and "not a bankruptcy or forced liquidation process."
BusinessWeek.com -- 2009
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The sale of Saab powertrain technology and tooling to Beijing Automotive Industry Holdings Co. hasn't been affected by negotiations with Spyker or by Saab's winddown, GM said.
BusinessWeek.com -- 2009
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The constructive endgame here is an orderly winddown of one of the Detroit 3 with a complete dismantling of its capacity.
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The constructive endgame here is an orderly winddown of one of the Detroit 3 with a complete dismantling of its capacity.
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