depreciate
Example Sentences
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Accounting guidelines say Targa has to depreciate investments in pipelines over two decades, even though the infrastructure lasts for four or five decades.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026
Instead companies depreciate these large costs over time, which is what gets counted in the income statement.
From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025
“Should the peso depreciate, which many think is not only likely but necessary, the Treasury would be left holding assets that have fallen in value.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025
Faced with a balance-of-payments crisis, India dismantled many import controls and let the rupee depreciate - a move that gave a much-needed boost to exporters and domestic producers competing with imports.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2025
"What is that?" said Kate, very much as if she were prepared to depreciate it before she knew what it was.
From The New Rector by Weyman, Stanley John
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