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Definition of depreciate in English: depreciateverb dɪˈpriːsɪeɪtdɪˈpriːʃɪeɪtdəˈpriʃiˌeɪt 1no object Diminish in value over a period of time. the latest cars will depreciate heavily in the first year Example sentencesExamples - I want to get across to people it is their homes that will depreciate in value if these masts go up and so it is in their interest to get involved.
- Buying a cheaper car that depreciates rapidly is a false economy.
- A car depreciates in value from the moment you step in and start the engine and requires you to spend money on maintenance.
- The problem with art that does this is that it does not adequately reflect on the urgency of the moment we now live in and thus tends to depreciate in value.
- All it requires is a tighter look at how a car depreciates or holds it value and what the expected mileage and fuel consumption will be.
- ‘You may be entitled to compensation if the value of your property depreciates,’ the group says on its website.
- Apart from the fact that new ones depreciate in value rapidly, second-hand cars are often a lot nicer.
- But these currencies have once again begun to depreciate against the dollar as the Japanese authorities intervened to weaken the yen.
- We buy what we like and it's a bonus that paintings don't usually depreciate in value.
- Under the old regime there was the real possibility that the lira would depreciate against the Deutschmark.
- There are pockets where values have depreciated.
- Unlike traditional homes, which appreciate in value, mobile homes depreciate.
- But by how many thousands more did his car simply depreciate in value over the same period?
- Our beautiful local meadowland, and its inhabitants, would be destroyed and many local homes would depreciate in value.
- The simple reason behind this change is that the US dollar and the euro are going to steeply depreciate against the value of gold.
- For people who are in business or involved in any commercial activity, once something is purchased then its value depreciates very, very quickly.
- The won continues to depreciate against the dollar and stock prices continue to fall.
- A better scenario would be for the dollar to depreciate against the euro, and for sterling to share part of that weakening.
- Because of these currency imbalances, the dollar has actually depreciated more against the euro than it otherwise would.
- In the meantime, all currencies will depreciate against each other, and precious metals and other commodities will rise, and rise.
Synonyms decrease in value, lose value, decline in price, drop in price, fall in price, cheapen, devalue - 1.1with object Reduce the recorded value in a company's books of (an asset) each year over a predetermined period.
Example sentencesExamples - Therefore, depreciating these assets over 20 years is creating an excessive charge.
- Previously, equipment and business assets had to be depreciated over a five to seven year time span.
- Changes in accounting policies are another example of something to watch for - for example, a company might decide to depreciate assets over a longer period to save on the depreciation charge.
- There are different ways to account for depreciating assets.
- Furthermore, since computers can be depreciated over a five-year period, the company is also permitted to record the expense using its regular depreciation method.
Synonyms devalue, cheapen, reduce, lower in value, lower in price, mark down, cut, discount informal slash
2with object Disparage or belittle (something) she was already depreciating her own aesthetic taste Example sentencesExamples - But by avoiding the rematch, he would not only disappoint the entire sport, he'd also considerably depreciate his own status and reputation in boxing.
- One reason graffiti seems so threatening is that it's the only art form that seems to depreciate material possessions.
- After all, it's a good beginning to stress the importance of ordinary people without depreciating the correct leadership of politicians, and to put the populace on a par with the elite.
- We would suggest that to assume that all women possess a drive toward inter-relatedness, or that all men possess a drive toward individualism, is to depreciate that individual's experience.
- There exists in human nature a strong propensity to depreciate the advantages, and to magnify the evils, of the present times.
- Far from depreciating talent and performance, we prize the exceptional and award prestige, money, and status to those we most want to emulate.
- Self depreciating comedians are usually among the most popular.
- They do little wrong - they have a sweet enough mix of self depreciating lyrics and sober sentiment, and the string section adds an intelligent dimension to otherwise simple tunes.
- Written in diary form it is a humorous, self depreciating honest account of a woman faced with the realities of a breast cancer diagnosis.
- Colbert is the opposite of Fouquet, abstemious, quiet, and utterly without charisma, working in the background to depreciate Fouquet's popularity like a rat gnawing at the woodwork.
- His distinctive traits of poignant observation and self - depreciating humour are woven into the novel.
- They were different to the other bands, in that they had great catchy melodies and a nice line in self depreciating lyrics.
- Anyone who has enjoyed writing and reading lyrics as much as I have can hardly depreciate one mode for another.
- Ironically, many minorities also lead the efforts to abolish affirmative action under the belief that their educational achievements are depreciated, disparaged and seen as less valuable.
- It should also be kept in mind that the trends in computer technology are toward facilitation of PC use, and that will inevitably depreciate many skills currently learned by students.
Synonyms belittle, disparage, denigrate, decry, deprecate, make light of, treat lightly, discredit, underrate, undervalue, underestimate, deflate, detract from, diminish, minimize, trivialize, run down, traduce, defame disdain, ridicule, deride, sneer at, scoff at, mock, scorn, pour scorn on informal knock, slam, pan, bad-mouth, sell short, put down, pooh-pooh, look down one's nose at, do down, do a hatchet job on, take to pieces, pull apart, pick holes in, drag through the mud, have a go at, hit out at British informal rubbish, slate, slag off dated cry down archaic hold cheap rare derogate, misprize, minify
Derivatives adjective You take money from your retirement fund for a depreciable device which will have to be replaced in three years? Example sentencesExamples - This ratio was then used to form a range for depreciable lives no greater than 20% or no less than 10% of a benchmark life based on actual usage of the firm's assets.
- In general, the Internal Revenue Service regards a manure system's initial cost as depreciable.
- Because it is presumed to represent the value of depreciable assets, this goodwill number has to be depreciated.
- While fine art is not depreciable, lease payments are tax deductible, according to the company.
adjective dɪˈpriːʃ(ɪ)ətɪvdɪˈpriːsɪətɪvdəˈpriʃ(i)ədɪv 1Causing gradual diminishment in value. a depreciative effect on the currency Example sentencesExamples - Their artistry - I'm tempted to call it craftsmanship, but I'm afraid that would seem depreciative - is borne out of their love of the art.
- Of potential value to modern readers, for instance, are his misgivings, expressed for the most part in shorter essays, about democratic government and his mildly depreciative view of the United States.
- I do not intend these critical remarks to be in any way depreciative of his efforts to shed light on the evolution of ciliary bands in the Spiralia.
- a depreciative view of the ministry
2Expressing a critical or disparaging opinion.
adverbdɪˈpriːʃətɪvlidəˈpriʃ(i)ədɪvli In his preface to these lectures Freud speaks a little depreciatively of the lack of novelty in their contents. Example sentencesExamples - Once I handed a piece of paper and a pencil to a client who often referred depreciatively to his own nose and asked him to draw a silhouette of his face.
- The presence of the sequelae was regarded depreciatively by the patients and this attitude affected their self-regard as human beings.
adjective dɪˈpriːsɪət(ə)ridɪˈpriːʃ(ɪ)ət(ə)ridəˈpriʃ(i)əˌtɔri There have been many efforts to cleanse the language of depreciatory terms, particularly in the western countries conscious of the multicultural fabric of their societies. Example sentencesExamples - Their sense of humour is mischievous, depreciatory and anti-authoritarian.
- It is common now for these views to be dismissed with de haut en bas gestures of depreciatory scorn.
- To reflect these depreciatory factors it was appropriate to discount the valuation of the claimants' shareholdings after implementation of the transaction by 80% to 90%.
- In the study, he insists that ‘… the Negro woman during slavery began to develop a depreciatory concept of herself, not only as a female but as a human being as well’.
Origin Late Middle English (in sense 2): from late Latin depreciat- 'lowered in price, undervalued', from the verb depreciare, from Latin de- 'down' + pretium 'price'. price from Middle English: The medieval word pris, which was from Old French, meant not only ‘price’ but also ‘prize’ and ‘praise’. Over time these three meanings split into three different words. Pris became price, and the meaning ‘praise’ started to be spelled preise and then praise. Originally simply an alternative way of spelling price, prize too became a separate word. The Latin original of the French was pretiem ‘price’ which also lies behind appreciate (mid 18th century), and the related appraise (mid 16th century) and apprize (mid 16th century), all with the basic sense of ‘set a price to’; depreciate (mid 17th century); and precious (Middle English).
Definition of depreciate in US English: depreciateverbdəˈprēSHēˌātdəˈpriʃiˌeɪt 1no object Diminish in value over a period of time. the pound is expected to depreciate against the dollar Example sentencesExamples - We buy what we like and it's a bonus that paintings don't usually depreciate in value.
- But these currencies have once again begun to depreciate against the dollar as the Japanese authorities intervened to weaken the yen.
- Under the old regime there was the real possibility that the lira would depreciate against the Deutschmark.
- But by how many thousands more did his car simply depreciate in value over the same period?
- In the meantime, all currencies will depreciate against each other, and precious metals and other commodities will rise, and rise.
- Apart from the fact that new ones depreciate in value rapidly, second-hand cars are often a lot nicer.
- The won continues to depreciate against the dollar and stock prices continue to fall.
- The simple reason behind this change is that the US dollar and the euro are going to steeply depreciate against the value of gold.
- Because of these currency imbalances, the dollar has actually depreciated more against the euro than it otherwise would.
- A car depreciates in value from the moment you step in and start the engine and requires you to spend money on maintenance.
- For people who are in business or involved in any commercial activity, once something is purchased then its value depreciates very, very quickly.
- Buying a cheaper car that depreciates rapidly is a false economy.
- There are pockets where values have depreciated.
- ‘You may be entitled to compensation if the value of your property depreciates,’ the group says on its website.
- Our beautiful local meadowland, and its inhabitants, would be destroyed and many local homes would depreciate in value.
- A better scenario would be for the dollar to depreciate against the euro, and for sterling to share part of that weakening.
- The problem with art that does this is that it does not adequately reflect on the urgency of the moment we now live in and thus tends to depreciate in value.
- All it requires is a tighter look at how a car depreciates or holds it value and what the expected mileage and fuel consumption will be.
- I want to get across to people it is their homes that will depreciate in value if these masts go up and so it is in their interest to get involved.
- Unlike traditional homes, which appreciate in value, mobile homes depreciate.
Synonyms decrease in value, lose value, decline in price, drop in price, fall in price, cheapen, devalue - 1.1 Reduce the recorded value in a company's books of (an asset) each year over a predetermined period.
the computers would be depreciated at 50 percent per annum Example sentencesExamples - There are different ways to account for depreciating assets.
- Previously, equipment and business assets had to be depreciated over a five to seven year time span.
- Therefore, depreciating these assets over 20 years is creating an excessive charge.
- Changes in accounting policies are another example of something to watch for - for example, a company might decide to depreciate assets over a longer period to save on the depreciation charge.
- Furthermore, since computers can be depreciated over a five-year period, the company is also permitted to record the expense using its regular depreciation method.
Synonyms devalue, cheapen, reduce, lower in value, lower in price, mark down, cut, discount
2with object Disparage or belittle (something) she was already depreciating her own aesthetic taste Example sentencesExamples - It should also be kept in mind that the trends in computer technology are toward facilitation of PC use, and that will inevitably depreciate many skills currently learned by students.
- But by avoiding the rematch, he would not only disappoint the entire sport, he'd also considerably depreciate his own status and reputation in boxing.
- One reason graffiti seems so threatening is that it's the only art form that seems to depreciate material possessions.
- After all, it's a good beginning to stress the importance of ordinary people without depreciating the correct leadership of politicians, and to put the populace on a par with the elite.
- Self depreciating comedians are usually among the most popular.
- Far from depreciating talent and performance, we prize the exceptional and award prestige, money, and status to those we most want to emulate.
- Colbert is the opposite of Fouquet, abstemious, quiet, and utterly without charisma, working in the background to depreciate Fouquet's popularity like a rat gnawing at the woodwork.
- Ironically, many minorities also lead the efforts to abolish affirmative action under the belief that their educational achievements are depreciated, disparaged and seen as less valuable.
- Anyone who has enjoyed writing and reading lyrics as much as I have can hardly depreciate one mode for another.
- There exists in human nature a strong propensity to depreciate the advantages, and to magnify the evils, of the present times.
- They were different to the other bands, in that they had great catchy melodies and a nice line in self depreciating lyrics.
- They do little wrong - they have a sweet enough mix of self depreciating lyrics and sober sentiment, and the string section adds an intelligent dimension to otherwise simple tunes.
- His distinctive traits of poignant observation and self - depreciating humour are woven into the novel.
- Written in diary form it is a humorous, self depreciating honest account of a woman faced with the realities of a breast cancer diagnosis.
- We would suggest that to assume that all women possess a drive toward inter-relatedness, or that all men possess a drive toward individualism, is to depreciate that individual's experience.
Synonyms belittle, disparage, denigrate, decry, deprecate, make light of, treat lightly, discredit, underrate, undervalue, underestimate, deflate, detract from, diminish, minimize, trivialize, run down, traduce, defame
Origin Late Middle English (in depreciate (sense 2)): from late Latin depreciat- ‘lowered in price, undervalued’, from the verb depreciare, from Latin de- ‘down’ + pretium ‘price’. |