downgrading

English

Verb

downgrading

1. present participle and gerund of downgrade

Noun

downgrading (plural downgradings)

1. A downgrade; a reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
   • 2007 July 11, Vikas Bajaj, “Rate Agencies Move Toward Downgrading Some Mortgage Bonds”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Financial markets fell sharply on the news of possible downgradings.