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depreciation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /dɪˌpɹiːʃɪˈeɪʃən/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin de- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *-ti ? Proto-Indo-European *próti Proto-Italic *pretjom Latin pretium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin dēpretiārebor. French déprécier Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ation Middle French -ation French -ation French dépréciationbor. English depreciation Borrowed from French dépréciation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The state of being depreciated; disparagement.
2. (countable, uncountable) The decline in value of assets.
   • currency depreciation
   • There was a sharp depreciation in the value of the currency.
   • The accountant calculated the annual depreciation of the machinery.
   • asset depreciation
3. (countable, uncountable) 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.
   • annual depreciation

Forms

Deriveds

accelerated depreciation · self-depreciation · depreciational · accumulated depreciation

Translations (68)

it ammortamento (the decline in value of assets) · hu lekicsinylés (state) · id depresiasi (the measurement of the decline in value of assets) · ga dímheas (the decline in value of assets) · hu becsmérlés (state) · pl amortyzacja (the decline in value of assets) · pl dewaluacja (the decline in value of assets) · el απόσβεση (the measurement of the decline in value of assets) · pl amortyzacja (the measurement of the decline in value of assets) · ka ღირებულების დაცემა (the decline in value of assets) · ko 감가상각 (the measurement of the decline in value of assets) · hi अवक्षयण (the decline in value of assets) · fi arvon väheneminen (the decline in value of assets) · ms susut nilai (the measurement of the decline in value of assets) · ro depreciere (the decline in value of assets) · it ammortamento (the measurement of the decline in value of assets) · nl depreciatie (the decline in value of assets) · scn ammurtamentu (the decline in value of assets) · fi poisto (the measurement of the decline in value of assets) · ka ღირებულების დაკლება (the decline in value of assets) · ko 감가상각 (the decline in value of assets) · pl deprecjacja (the decline in value of assets) · fi arvonvähennys (the decline in value of assets) · nl depreciatie (the measurement of the decline in value of assets) · id penyusutan (the measurement of the decline in value of assets) · pl dewaluacja (state) · bg обезценка (the measurement of the decline in value of assets) · fr dépréciation (the decline in value of assets) · hu amortizáció (the measurement of the decline in value of assets) · sv avskrivning (the measurement of the decline in value of assets) · scn ammurtamentu (the measurement of the decline in value of assets) · hu elértéktelenítés (the decline in value of assets) · pl deprecjacja (state) · hu elértéktelenedés (the decline in value of assets) · mi hekenga wāriu (the decline in value of assets) · hu devalválódás (the decline in value of assets) · mk обезвреднување (the decline in value of assets) · mk обезвреднетост (state) · ru обесце́нивание (the decline in value of assets) · ka გაუფასურება (the decline in value of assets) · pl amortyzacja (state) · pl deprecjacja (the measurement of the decline in value of assets) · fi arvonalennus (the decline in value of assets) · tl depresasyon (the decline in value of assets) · it ammortamento (state) · hu leértékelés (state) · pl dewaluacja (the measurement of the decline in value of assets) · ca depreciació (the decline in value of assets) · hy արժեզրկում (the decline in value of assets) · hu értékcsökkenés (the measurement of the decline in value of assets) · sv värdeminskning (the decline in value of assets) · hu ócsárlás (state) · cmn 折舊 /折旧 (the decline in value of assets) · hi अवक्षयण (the measurement of the decline in value of assets) · bg обезценяване (the decline in value of assets) · hu értékcsökkenési leírás (the measurement of the decline in value of assets) · da afskrivning (the measurement of the decline in value of assets) · scn ammurtamentu (state) · hu leszólás (state) · ca depreciació (the measurement of the decline in value of assets) · ja 減価償却 (the decline in value of assets) · ru амортиза́ция (the decline in value of assets) · fi arvon lasku (the decline in value of assets) · fi arvon aleneminen (the decline in value of assets) · fr dépréciation (state) · hu devalválás (the decline in value of assets) · hu amortizálódás (the measurement of the decline in value of assets) · bg амортизация (the measurement of the decline in value of assets)