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depreciation

[dih-pree-shee-ey-shuhn] / dɪˌpri ʃiˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
devaluation
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The Norwegian telecommunications provider now expects low-to-mid-single-digit organic growth in adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization in the Nordics, compared with mid-single-digit growth expected previously.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

If you want less depreciation, look at vehicles that tend to retain their value.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

Adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization would also need to reach $400 billion across four separate consecutive quarters.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

Net income fell 6% to $752 million, while adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization slid 12% to $1.77 billion.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

Prices kept going up and up, and depreciation of the paper money took a lot of the profit out of it.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier




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