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depreciate

[dih-pree-shee-ayt] / dɪˈpri ʃiˌeɪt /




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It warned against "acts that tend to depreciate or impair the national currency, including any conduct that undermines its lawful value or use".

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

It is accounting policy to depreciate infrastructure and recognize other operating costs related to scaling new clusters when it starts provisioning the equipment, incurring expenses before the assets are handed over to a customer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Car companies will often offer incentives to help their trade-in customers offset negative equity, with some brands tending to offer more because their cars depreciate faster.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026

The cost of maintaining military superiority is rising as technological innovation accelerates, even as traditional military capital like tanks, ships, and aircraft become more vulnerable and depreciate faster.

From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026

I was obliged to digest the supercilious Menzel, who presumed modestly to depreciate Goethe,—and the supercilious Grabbe, who modestly depreciates Shakspeare,—and the philosophers who proclaim Schiller to be rather trivial!

From Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Remolona pointed to prior episodes where the peso depreciates sharply just as oil prices surged, fueling inflation and prompting the BSP to step in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026

As the car gets older, its value depreciates — leading to borrowers paying more than the market value of their vehicle.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025

A replacement battery for a Tesla Model 3 can cost up to $20,000, for a vehicle that retails at around $43,000 but depreciates quickly over time.

From Reuters ● Mar. 20, 2023

If the rupee depreciates, fuel costs more, with knock-on effects for goods that are transported or manufactured.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2023

It seems likely that the writer depreciates her own share in the work and in the success of the systematic household.

From The American Country Girl by Martha Foote Crow

The Japanese yen depreciated following the hike, despite a widely expected rate increase from the Bank of Japan Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

These catastrophically depreciated when the Fed unexpectedly raised rates in one of the most aggressive hiking cycles in history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

This means that if a homeowner needs a new roof, the insurer only covers the depreciated value of the roof rather than the entire replacement cost.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026

Having sat unused in a police yard for over three years, it will have depreciated sharply - perhaps to less than half its original price.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

Soon after the issue of legal tender bills their value depreciated, and from that time to the present there has been, and still is, a wide margin between their value and coin.

From Monopolies and the People by D. C. Cloud

With newer, more powerful chips continually being developed, operators of data centers have to keep updating chips while depreciating the value of older assets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

On balance, Gave is minded to forecast the yen’s depreciating days may be ending.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

If the tax turns these high-priced apartments into depreciating assets, prices of smaller apartments will have to rise to make up for it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Perhaps the disappearance of history’s icons from a depreciating currency isn’t a fatal blow to the canon of British culture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026

A flush of crimson crept modestly to her cheeks, and she made a depreciating moue.”

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey




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