depreciation

Meaning

Noun

  • The state of being depreciated; disparagement.
  • The decline in value of assets.
  • 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.

Origin

  • From French dépréciation.

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