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depreciation

[dih-pree-shee-ey-shuhn] / dɪˌpri ʃiˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
devaluation
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A hike could now be warranted as rupee depreciation pressures are persistent, while rising inflation could breach the RBI’s 6% tolerance band later this year and remain sticky, says ANZ economist Dhiraj Nim.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

It generated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, or Ebitda, of $7.2 billion in 2025, up about 90% year over year.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Its enterprise value is 12.9 times forward earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, compared with 14.4 times for Acushnet.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

In the 2000s, subprime mortgages were extended to millions of Americans, many of them first-time homebuyers with limited financial sophistication and almost no financial cushion to weather real estate depreciation.

From Barron's • May 30, 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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