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  • verb Present participle of derate.

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Examples

  • "The steel-price hike and the inability of cost pass-through would be a derating catalyst that prompts investor focus to shift away from order momentum to margins and ship price," a CLSA report said.

    Hyundai Heavy Sees Rise in Ship Orders Kyong-Ae Choi 2011

  • Mr. Kumar expects a derating of stocks following dismal quarterly earnings performance, with infrastructure, power and capital goods to be pressured the most.

    India Shares Recover to End Flat Khushita Vasant 2011

  • But with a promise to restore the dividend this year, a major Daimler derating doesn't look deserved.

    Daimler Skids, Will Recover Matthew Curtin 2010

  • Bloomberg News But the oil industry's gradualist approach of weeding out high-cost plants and waiting for weaker refiners to close is testing investor patience, judged by the sector's prolonged derating.

    BP's Ball and Chain Matthew Curtin 2010

  • But with a promise to restore the dividend this year, a major Daimler derating doesn't look deserved.

    Daimler Skids, Will Recover Matthew Curtin 2010

  • We are lowering our target price from $100 to $75, due to the combination of the unprecedented derating in the sector and Consol's string of recent significant production shortfalls (this is the third in the past two months), and our view that equity investors will simply not pay a reasonable multiple until evidence emerges that Consol can actually get the coal out of the ground.

    An Entry Point Into Consol Energy 2008

  • A further derating might take place as the market generally anticipated the peak in economic growth and started derating one - to two years ahead of the peak, de Kock said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • Engine derating due to oil replacement is proportional to the percentage of oil replacement

    Chapter 9 1993

  • Another mark in his little notebook -- and enough marks like that meant a derating, and Control had a habit of sending derated labmen to Venus.

    Security Poul William Anderson

  • With its enhanced voltage derating and low ESR values, the T521 Series delivers increased performance and reliability within a smaller package size compared to currently available capacitor options.

    KEMET Expands Polymer Tantalum Capacitor Portfolio - Yahoo! Finance 2011

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