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

“NVIDIA’s customers depreciate GPUs over 4-6 years based on real-world longevity and utilization patterns,” the company said in the memo.

From Barron's • Nov. 24, 2025

They want to let the peso depreciate gradually through a rigid foreign-exchange regime based on trading within a band.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 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

It is plain that a currency so supported cannot depreciate more than the loans; in other words, below the general credit of the country.

From Monopolies and the People by Cloud, D. C.