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depreciation

[dih-pree-shee-ey-shuhn] / dɪˌpri ʃiˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
devaluation
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Fiscal 2026 capital expenditure rose by 3.0% to A$3.97 billion, while depreciation and amortization, including that of older planes, increased by 12% to A$2.25 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

But every other chip in the data center can be pointed at whatever model comes next, which is the assumption underneath the current depreciation schedules the AI buildout is financed on.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

What might my capital-gains tax and depreciation recapture look like, considering the $75,000 loss I’ve already absorbed?

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 2026

Omoto said the yen’s depreciation would boost Marubeni’s earnings in the near term, but “I believe it is more essential that our country’s currency becomes stronger,” making it easier to invest and expand.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 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

The gold miner said earnings before interest, taxes, depreciations and amortization more than doubled on year to $2.29 billion, aided by higher production volumes and elevated gold prices.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

President Masoud Pezeshkian promised dialogue and acknowledged "legitimate demands" in in a country where inflation soars near 50%, and currency depreciations play havoc with people's hardscrabble lives.

From BBC Jan. 12, 2026

Next year also could see corporates taking advantage of last year’s tax law changes that allow 100% bonus depreciations and immediate expensing of R&D costs.

From MarketWatch Dec. 5, 2025

"All countries are experiencing currency depreciations, our focus is to stabilise the exchange rate through intervention," Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo said.

From Reuters Aug. 25, 2023

We do not meet here to-day as critics with our appreciations and depreciations, our twopenny little prefaces or our forewords.

From Mark Twain's Speeches by Mark Twain




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