Meaning of DEPRECIATION
| Pronunciation: | | di`preeshee'eyshun
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- [n] a decrease in price or value over time; "depreciation of the dollar against the yen"
- [n] a communication that belittles somebody or something
- [n] decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use
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| | Synonyms: | | derogation, disparagement, wear and tear |
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| | Antonyms: | | appreciation | | |
| | See Also: | | aspersion, belittling, calumny, condescension, decrease, defamation, denigration, detraction, diminution, discourtesy, disdain, disrespect, financial loss, hatchet job, obloquy, patronage, petty criticism, reduction, slur, sour grapes, step-down, traducement, write-down, write-off | |
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| | Definition: | | \De*pre`ci*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]pr['e]ciation.]
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.
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| | Related Terms: | | abatement, ablation, abridgment, agio, alleviation, allowance, attenuation, attrition, backbiting, backstabbing, bank discount, belittlement, belittling, break, breakage, calumny, cash discount, chain discount, charge-off, cheapening, comedown, concession, consumption, contempt, contraction, curtailment, cut, cutting, dampening, damping, debasement, decadence, decadency, declension, declination, decline, decrease, decrement, decrescence, decrial, deduction, defamation, deflation, deformation, degeneracy, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation, demotion, denigration, depletion, depravation, depravedness, deprecation, depression, derogation, descent, deterioration, detraction, devaluation, devolution, diminishment, diminution, dip, disapproval, discommendation, discount, discrediting, disgrace, disparagement, dispraise, dissipation, disvaluation, dive, downtrend, downturn, downward mobility, downward trend, drain, drawback, drop, dying, dying off, ebb, effeteness, erosion, evaporation, exhaustion, expenditure, extenuation, extraction, fade-out, fading, failing, failure, failure of nerve, faint praise, fall, falling-off, impairment, impoverishment, indignity, involution, kickback, knocking, languishment, lapse, leakage, lessening, letup, loss of tone, lowering, lukewarm support, markdown, miniaturization, minimization, minimizing, misestimation, misprision, misprizal, misprizing, mitigation, nose dive, penalty, penalty clause, percentage, plummet, plummeting, plunge, premium, price cut, price fall, price reduction, price-cut, putting down, rebate, rebatement, reduction, refund, regression, relaxation, remission, retraction, retrenchment, retrocession, retrogradation, retrogression, ridicule, rollback, sag, sagging, salvage, scaling down, scandal, setoff, shortening, shrinkage, simplicity, slander, slash, slighting, slippage, slump, sour grapes, subtraction, tale, tare, time discount, trade discount, tret, truncation, underestimate, underestimation, underrating, underreckoning, underselling, undervaluation, using, using up, wane, wastage, waste, weakening, wearing, wearing away, write-off |
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