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

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin