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Definition of depreciate
depreciated
;depreciating
transitive verb
1 : to lower in honor or esteem often depreciates the importance of her work
2a : to lower the price or estimated value of depreciate propertyb : to deduct from taxable income a portion of the original cost of (a business asset) over several years as the value of the asset decreases
intransitive verb
: to fall in value advised us to sell the stock before it depreciates
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Examples of depreciate in a Sentence
These changes have greatly depreciated the value of the house.
The value of the house has depreciated greatly.
Recent Examples of depreciate from the Web
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The border adjustment tax is a cash-flow tax in which corporations could deduct business expenses immediately instead of depreciating them over time.
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Spacey danced, sang and joked his way through a three-hour rehearsal Sunday morning with grace and self-depreciating wit.
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In a three-hour rehearsal Sunday, Spacey danced, sang and joked with grace and self-depreciating wit.
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Our games have seemed to depreciate from the honorable to the flexible, so that drugs and abuse and fraud and dishonesty are all part of the greater landscape.
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While past regulatory shifts -- especially pricking a stock bubble and letting the yuan depreciate in 2015 -- have sometimes spooked international investors, this time around the reaction has been muted.
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Some consider manipulation to mean any government intervention in the market at all, not just depreciating currency, Setser said.
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But now, China is selling foreign currency to prop up its own in an effort to prevent the yuan from depreciating further and destabilizing the Chinese and global economy.
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In most states, a mobile home is taxed as a vehicle and therefore depreciates over time—
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Origin and Etymology of depreciate
Middle English, from Late Latin depretiatus, past participle of depretiare, from Latin de- + pretium price — more at price
Synonym Discussion of depreciate
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DEPRECIATE Defined for English Language Learners
depreciate
playDefinition of depreciate for English Language Learners
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: to cause (something) to have a lower price or value
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: to decrease in value
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: to describe (something) as having little value
DEPRECIATE Defined for Kids
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depreciate
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depreciated
depreciating
transitive verb
intransitive verb
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