downrating
Reducing assigned value
Downrating is the act of lowering a rating or classification.
Credit agencies downrate bonds when issuers become riskier: The company's debt was downrated to junk status.
Insurance companies downrate policies, and reviewers downrate products or services.
The noun downrating refers to such a reduction: The downrating spooked investors.
Reduce in status
- relegationAssignment to lower status
- demotionReduction in status
- loweringMoving something downward
- declassificationLifting official secrecy designations
Judgment of faults
- disfavorLack of approval
- displeasureMild anger or disapproval
- dissatisfactionState of being displeased
- objectionExpression of disapproval
complaint · rejection · rebuke · reproach · condemnation · censure · scorn · disdain
Critical written assessment
- feedbackReturned response data
- critiqueDetailed evaluative analysis
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- appraisalEstimation of worth
judgment · score · ranking · grading · stars · thumbs-down · one-star
Asset value reduction over time
- diminutionReduction in size
- markdownReduction in retail price
- writedownReduction in book value
- declineDecrease or refuse
decrease · reduction · deflation · discounting · cheapening · undervaluation · reassessment
downgrade
Reduce in status
- relegationAssignment to lower status
- demotionReduction in status
- loweringMoving something downward
criticism
Judgment of faults
- disfavorLack of approval
- displeasureMild anger or disapproval
- dissatisfactionState of being displeased
objection · complaint · rejection · rebuke · reproach · condemnation · censure · scorn · disdain · contempt
review
Critical written assessment
- feedbackReturned response data
- critiqueDetailed evaluative analysis
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
appraisal · judgment · score · ranking · grading · stars · thumbs-down · one-star
depreciation
Asset value reduction over time
- diminutionReduction in size
- markdownReduction in retail price
- writedownReduction in book value
decline · decrease · reduction · deflation · discounting · cheapening · undervaluation · reassessment
downratinguprating
Increasing rated capacity
upgrading · praising · promoting · commending · complimenting
rate, rating, underrate, overrate, ratings, overrated, rater, underrated, underrating