Financial Definition of Depreciate
Meaning of Depreciate
To allocate the purchase cost of an asset over its life.
Synonyms of Depreciate
verb
- atrophy
- attenuate
- become deteriorated
- become of less worth
- belittle
- censure
- cheapen
- contemn
- corrode
- cut
- debase
- debilitate
- decay
- decline
- decrease
- decry
- deduct
- defame
- deflate
- degenerate
- degrade
- denigrate
- denounce
- depress
- deride
- derogate from
- deteriorate
- detract from
- detrectare
- devaluate
- devalue
- dilute
- diminish the price of
- diminish the value of
- discount
- discredit
- disesteem
- disgrace
- disparage
- dispraise
- drop
- dwindle
- ebb
- enervate
- enfeeble
- erode
- fall
- fault
- find fault with
- get worse
- grow less
- grow worse
- impoverish
- lessen
- lessen the price of
- lose value
- lower
- lower in price
- lower in reputation
- lower in value
- low’er the value of
- make little of
- malign
- minimize
- misprize
- obtrectare
- readjust downward
- reduce the purchasing value of
- reduce the strength of
- retrograde
- shrink
- sink
- slight
- slur
- soil
- spoil
- stain
- sully
- taint
- take away
- tarnish
- traduce
- underestimate
- underpraise
- underprize
- underreckon
- undervalue
- weaken
- wear
- worsen
- Associated Concepts: depreciate a loss
- obsolescence
- obsolescence
- soil
- spoil
- stain
- sully
- taint
- take away
- tarnish
- traduce
- underestimate
- underpraise
- underprize
- underrate
- underreckon
- undervalue
- weaken
- wear
- worsen
- Associated Concepts: depreciate a loss
- obsolescence
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