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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


depreciation

depreciation

See also: dépréciation

English

Noun

depreciation (countable and uncountable, plural depreciations)

  1. The state of being depreciated.
  2. The decline in value of assets.
  3. (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.

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