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depreciation

[dih-pree-shee-ay-shuhn] / dɪˌpri ʃiˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
devaluation
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Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization — a measure of profitability — is set to come in at $3.7 billion, a 10% decline.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Revenue for the quarter rose 7.6% to 250.63 billion pesos, boosted in part by the depreciation of the Mexican peso in September.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

For the current fourth quarter, Cleveland-Cliffs forecasts adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of about $715 million, above Wall Street’s projection of $697.5 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

They estimate that AI capex is currently contributing about half of that EPS growth, which should fade in 2027 as capex growth slows and depreciation expenses build.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 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

The war must be carried on at an expense proportioned to this value, which must inevitably call for immense emissions, and, of course, still further depreciations must ensue.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I by Jared Sparks


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