winddown

See also: wind down

English

Etymology

wind +‎ down, from the verb phrase.

Noun

winddown (usually uncountable, plural winddowns)

  1. The process of winding something down.
    • 2009 August 2, “Letters: Risk and Regulation”, in New York Times‎:
      Keeping this power apart from the Fed also prevents it from being drawn into the political maelstrom of whether to lend funds to a weakened institution or to seize it for an orderly winddown.

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