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depreciation

[dih-pree-shee-ey-shuhn] / dɪˌpri ʃiˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
devaluation
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Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization fell 5% on year to 151 million euros.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

That would increase the combined company’s net debt to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Under prior law, businesses had to deduct R&D and equipment costs over many years using depreciation schedules that didn’t match their real-world spending.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, or Ebitda, profit margins could be as high as 50%.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 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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