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Webster 1913 Edition
Depreciation
De-preˊci-a′tion
(dē̍-prēˊshĭ-ā′shŭn)
, Noun.
[Cf. F.
dépréciation
.] 1.
The act of lessening, or seeking to lessen, price, value, or reputation.
2.
The falling of value; reduction of worth.
Burke.
3.
the state of being depreciated.
Webster 1828 Edition
Depreciation
DEPRECIATION
, n.1.
The act of lessening or crying down price or value.2.
The falling of value; reduction of worth; as the depreciation of bills of credit.Definition 2024
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English
Noun
depreciation (countable and uncountable, plural depreciations)
- The state of being depreciated.
- The decline in value of assets.
- (accounting) The measurement of the decline in value of assets. Not to be confused with impairment, which is the measurement of the unplanned, extraordinary decline in value of assets.
Translations
state
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the decline in value of assets
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the measurement of the decline in value of assets
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