2. Noun. A downgrade; a reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Downgrading
1. downgrade [v] - See also: downgrade
Lexicographical Neighbors of Downgrading
Literary usage of Downgrading
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Industrial Security Manual for Safeguarding Classified Informationby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Administrative Termination/ downgrading. A personnel clearance shall be ...
Administrative downgrading of a personnel clearance is accomplished by ..."
2. Information Security Program Regulation: U.S. Dept. of Defenseby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Any downgrading or declassification determination shall be indicated on each ...
Section 5 downgrading 3-500 Automatic downgrading Classified information ..."
3. National Industrial Security Program: Operating Manualby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Each notice shall specify the authority for the downgrading or declassification
action, ... When documents or other material subject to downgrading or ..."
4. Security Awareness in the 1980s: Featured Articles From Security Awareness (1992)
"Upgrading And downgrading Systems approved for classified processing need not be
used ... Failure to follow approved procedures for system downgrading and ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Nixon Administration Accused of downgrading Science A prominent science historian
charged last week that "science has apparently dropped out of the high ..."
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