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depreciation

[dih-pree-shee-ey-shuhn] / dɪˌpri ʃiˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
devaluation
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The company also said it expects adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization to fall between $120 million and $125 million, up from a range of $85 million to $100 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Executives face five-year planning cycles, depreciation schedules on systems they bought three years ago, and boards demanding returns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

FedEx Freight is expected to end the year with about $4 billion in debt, or about 2.5 times estimated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, or Ebitda.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

BCRED’s borrowers have seen earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization grow 11% over the last 12 months, with software borrowers outperforming.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 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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