depreciation
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6.3
- noun
- /dɪˌpriːʃiˈeɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
depreciación
- Unfortunately, many of those who are sentimental about a national currency also have a hand in its depreciation.
- currency depreciation
- dollar depreciation
- nominal depreciation
For these assets, currency depreciation is actually good for the UK, so a currency crisis of this sort doesn't seem likely.
- For these assets, currency depreciation is actually good for the UK, so a currency crisis of this sort doesn't seem likely.
Examples
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Inflation hurts welfare because it leads to a depreciation in the value of money and stocks.
Academic text (1996) -
In 2012, the average has been 79, a depreciation of the dollar of 23 percent.
Blog text (7) -
So there must eventually be a real depreciation of the dollar.
Blog text (12) -
Clearly, some degree of depreciation was needed by Korea, given its external deficit going into the crisis.
Academic text (2003) -
Each individual central bank had an incentive to avoid the financial losses associated with the dollar's inevitable depreciation.
Academic text (2008) -
A monetary expansion, other things being equal, will produce a nominal depreciation.
Academic text (1990) -
And an exchange rate depreciation will then reduce the country's trade deficit, boosting growth.
Blog text (13) -
A 28 percent depreciation preceded this between 1987-88 and 1990-91.
Academic text (1994) -
Thailand's depreciation did not resolve its problems, as suggested in early analyses based on a made-in-Thailand cause.
Academic text (2003) -
The depreciation of the euro against the dollar has affected international trade.
Synonyms
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3.9
A gradual loss in amount, quality, or value
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4.2
A slow loss of strength, value, or trust
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7.2
To reduce a debt or an asset's value little by little with regular payments
A loss in worth or importance
Antonyms
Compounds
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7.3
Profit a company makes before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
- Specialized
An amount taken off profit for tax because a business asset loses value over time
- Specialized
An amount companies record each year as an expense to show equipment loses value
- Specialized
A measure of how quickly things like cars or machines lose value over time, often used for tax
- Specialized
The percentage by which property or equipment loses value over a period for accounting
- Specialized
An amount a business subtracts from taxes each year for a machine or building
- Specialized
A way of charging the same cost each year for an asset that loses value
How Depreciated
Surface Forms
Morphology
depreciation = depreciate (semi-transparent) = de + preci + ate + ion
For learners who know the verb 'depreciate', adding '-ion' straightforwardly forms the noun for the process or result.
Etymology
Depreciation comes from de- 'down' and the same root as price, so it means a drop in 'price' or 'value'. That's why we talk about the depreciation of property or a currency when its value falls.