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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky