Associations to the word «Depreciation»

Wiktionary

DEPRECIATION, noun. The state of being depreciated.
DEPRECIATION, noun. The decline in value of assets.
DEPRECIATION, noun. (accounting) The measurement of the decline in value of assets. Not to be confused with impairment, which is the measurement of the unplanned, extraordinary decline in value of assets.

Dictionary definition

DEPRECIATION, noun. A decrease in price or value; "depreciation of the dollar against the yen".
DEPRECIATION, noun. Decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use.
DEPRECIATION, noun. A communication that belittles somebody or something.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca