drawdown

  1. Noun.  The act of reduction or depletion.
  2. Noun.  The result of reduction or depletion.
  3. Noun.  A change in hydraulic head in a well or other body of water.
  4. Noun.  (economics) A measure of the decline from a historical peak in some variable, typically the cumulative profit or total open equity of a financial trading strategy.

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