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appreciation

appreciation

17 4.2
An increase in the value of something over time
  • noun
  • /əˌpriːʃiˈeɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : apreciación
  • It looks like a process of continued appreciation in home prices.
  • currency appreciation
  • asset appreciation
  • price appreciation

On one side you have cash flow, then you have appreciation and then watch this.

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Examples

  • Capital appreciation is all well and good, but not without a sound growth strategy.

  • The stock market has seen significant appreciation in share prices since the new policies were introduced.

  • But appreciation has gone up more than those costs.

  • On one side you have cash flow, then you have appreciation and then watch this.

  • Those tenants will pay off my mortgage, give me cash flow on top of that, and appreciation will drive the value of those homes higher.

  • The government gained because of high land prices, and property owners gained because of asset appreciation.

    Academic text (2001)
  • For example, an increase in foreign demand for U.S. goods produces a dollar appreciation, which dampens that demand.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The bullish stock market permitted a process of asset appreciation, and wealth increased in a short period of time.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The appreciation on this building, because of the proximity to the harbor... the good air quality and ample parking, will outstrip most comparable properties.

  • Following the yen's post-Plaza appreciation, however, the current account failed to swing into deficit.

    Academic text (2003)

Synonyms

rise
vsappreciation
432 1.9

An increase in amount or value

is limited to increases in monetary value over time
advance
vsappreciation
69 4.9

An increase in price or value

is an increase in value that happens over time

Antonyms

depreciation
  • Specialized
15 6.3

Loss of value of something like a car as it gets older or wears out

Compounds

A small gift or simple act to show thanks

How Valuable

to boom
97 3.4
to surge
41 3.7
appreciation
  • Specialized
17 4.2
increase
524 1.0

Surface Forms

appreciation singular
appreciations plural

Morphology

appreciation = appreciate (transparent) = appreciate + ion

This noun is the nominalization of the financial sense of 'appreciate' (to increase in value), so the formation is regular though domain-specific.

Etymology

The word appreciation comes from the Latin root pretium ('price' or 'value'), the same root as the English word price. So in money and property talk, appreciation means the value or price has gone up over time.