downgrade
குறைத்து
definition
verb
some jobs had gradually been downgraded from skilled to semiskilled
reduce to a lower grade, rank, or level of importance.
noun
A later rating by rival Moody's Investors Service kept Ford's debt rating at investment-grade status, the S&P downgrades shocked the corporate bond market.
an instance of reducing someone or something's rank, status, or level of importance.
This was the original Montreal-Toronto mainline (legally the Ontario & Quebec Railway) and a roller coaster of upgrades and downgrades .
a downward gradient, typically on a railroad track or road.
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This recovery was due more to sharp operation on the long 'downgrade' to Hinton than any display of power on the T1's part.
More importantly, the blanket 'downgrade' of Fitch implies an extraordinary delinquency in respect of its regulatory oversight functions.
a steep 'downgrade' for which he had to put the car in second
Investors took that as a hint that a 'downgrade' to junk status may be in the offing.
The track from Brient to Michipicoten is on a heavy 'downgrade' .
With no suitable alternative location being offered by the Council the removal of the taxi rank is a 'downgrade' in the taxi service of Ballina.
S&P put the company on negative credit watch on Sept. 12 for a possible 'downgrade' to noninvestment-grade status.
The latest figures issued on Friday on the economy's performance may appear to be a fractional 'downgrade' of no great importance.
Soon after they resumed, the road crested a hill and began switching back and forth sharply, for the 'downgrade' was very steep.
Some analysts have speculated that GM could face a 'downgrade' of its credit rating to junk status.
Despite the 'downgrade' to a club level sport, Cross believes Macalester's skiers will still be able to compete in intercollegiate competition.
Complicating matters was the fact the yard was on a 'downgrade' and cars had to be ridden and hand-braked to prevent them from running out over Strachan Avenue and into the dump.
In wake of the liquidity and cash flow problems, rating agencies are closely monitoring the institution for a possible 'downgrade' .
Even when cannabis is 'downgraded' from a Class B to a Class C drug next year, her relative could still face charges for buying the drug.
Although the weather system was 'downgraded' from a hurricane to a tropical storm as it passed over land it brought more than a foot of rain to some areas.
Apart from the ease of apparently authentic numbering, holograms have been globally 'downgraded' as a protection.
Evacuees were not paying council tax and some bandings had been 'downgraded' , reducing the amount of rates collected.
Even the whisper of new equity or debt offerings provokes warnings of 'downgrades' from rating agencies and investor stampedes.
Get ready for additional 'downgrades' in California debt ratings, in cuts with almost the shocking speed of the utilities’ plunge to junk status.
The code of conduct threatens penalties ranging from administrative sanctions and temporary suspension of duty, to rank 'downgrades' and dismissal.
In other markets, there could be a high level of earnings disappointment which has led to some 'downgrades' .
Having 'downgraded' the news section two years ago, he now feels that ‘frankly there should be more news’.
Campaigners fighting to maintain services at the hospital took this as a sign the hospital would not be 'downgraded' .
It would also make investment less viable, a beautiful place would be 'downgraded' and there would be health risks.
A later rating by rival Moody's Investors Service kept Ford's debt rating at investment-grade status, the S&P 'downgrades' shocked the corporate bond market.
Still, with the stock battered and rating agencies considering further 'downgrades' , that could rapidly change.
They 'downgraded' the match from an international to a challenge.
But the report has stopped short of recommending which hospitals will be 'downgraded' .
Obviously, this estimate is used to strengthen the case for further 'downgrades' .
On July 15, the Federal Reserve chairman told Congress that a slowdown in the pace of corporate debt-rating 'downgrades' is a good sign for the American economy.
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