Usually means: Reduction in value over time.
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General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. depreciation: Merriam-Webster
  2. depreciation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. depreciation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. depreciation: Collins English Dictionary
  5. depreciation: Vocabulary.com
  6. Depreciation, depreciation: Wordnik
  7. depreciation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. depreciation: Wiktionary
  9. depreciation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. depreciation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. depreciation: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. depreciation: Dictionary.com
  13. Depreciation (currency), Depreciation (economics), Depreciation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Depreciation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. depreciation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. depreciation: Rhymezone
  17. Depreciation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. depreciation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. depreciation: FreeDictionary.org
  20. depreciation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. depreciation: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. depreciation: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (33 matching dictionaries)
  1. depreciation: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  3. depreciation: Webster's New World Finance & Investment Dictionary
  4. depreciation: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  5. depreciation: Law.com Dictionary
  6. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  7. DS Dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  9. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  10. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  11. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  12. Depreciation: bizterms.net
  13. Depreciation: Bloomberg Financial Glossary
  14. depreciation: Glossary of research economics
  15. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  16. Depreciation: Harvey Financial
  17. Depreciation: Moneyterms
  18. Depreciation: Deardorff's Glossary of International Economics
  19. depreciation: Finance-Glossary.com
  20. MonsterMoving Mortgage Glossary (No longer online)
  21. Real Estate and Mortgage Glossary (No longer online)
  22. Depreciation: Management Dictionary
  23. MSN Money (No longer online)
  24. Depreciation: Investopedia
  25. Comprehensive Financial (No longer online)
  26. Depreciation: Energy Dictionary
  27. Depreciation: Securities Terminology
  28. depreciation: Legal dictionary
  29. Depreciation (currency), depreciation: Financial dictionary
  30. Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary (No longer online)
  31. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)
  32. Depreciation: WashingtonPost.com: Business
  33. Yahoo Tax Center Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. depreciation: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. depreciation: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Depreciation: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  The state of being depreciated; disparagement.
▸ noun:  The decline in value of assets.
▸ noun:  (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.

Similar:
derogation, disparagement, wear and tear, depravation, deprecation, disvaluation, devaluation, devalorization, degrading, debasing, more...

Opposite:
appreciation, enhancement, increase, upgrade, upswing

Types:
straight-line, accelerated, declining-balance, unit-of-production, more...

Phrases:
accumulated depreciation, accelerated depreciation, depreciation rate, depreciation charges, depreciation allowance, more...

Adjectives:
line, less, accelerated, annual, real, total, rapid, accumulated, economic, further, self

Colors:
    gray,     dull brown,     faded blue,     tarnished silver,     rust, more...



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Similar:
derogation, disparagement, wear and tear, depravation, deprecation, disvaluation, devaluation, devalorization, degrading, debasing, more...

Opposite:
appreciation, enhancement, increase, upgrade, upswing

Types:
straight-line, accelerated, declining-balance, unit-of-production, more...

Phrases:
accumulated depreciation, accelerated depreciation, depreciation rate, depreciation charges, depreciation allowance, currency depreciation, depreciation charge, depreciation recapture, depreciation schedule, more...

Adjectives:
line, less, accelerated, annual, real, total, rapid, accumulated, economic, further, self

Colors:
    gray,     dull brown,     faded blue,     tarnished silver,     rust, more...



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