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depreciation

[dih-pree-shee-ay-shuhn] / dɪˌpri ʃiˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
devaluation
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Grindr expects the deal to immediately add to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, but that it might initially dilute combined Ebitda margins as the company invests in scaling Freddie’s U.S. operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

The German shipping company said Tuesday that it now expects group earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization between $3.9 billion and $4 billion, up from a previous estimate of $2.7 billion to $3.7 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The firm typically invests in midmarket North American companies with up to $1 billion in revenue and up to $75 million of earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization, according to its website.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

If she has rented the property and claimed depreciation, there could be additional tax considerations.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 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

One of the world’s sharpest currency depreciations boosted the cost of imports.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 8, 2021

But his friend, Sir William Temple, excited by the French depreciations of antiquity, rushed into the lists with greater courage than discretion.

From The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth by J. B. (John Bagnell) Bury




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