Some assets depreciate in value.
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Depreciate
//dəˈpriʃiˌeɪt//
Synonyms for "depreciate" (262 found)
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39 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- обезценявам verb ((tr.) to lessen in price or value)
- обезценявам се verb ((intr.) to decline in value over time)
Catalan
3 entries- depreciar verb ((tr.) to lessen in price or value)
- depreciar verb ((intr.) to decline in value over time)
- devaluar verb ((tr.) to lessen in price or value)
Finnish
4 entries- alentaa verb ((tr.) to lessen in price or value)
- alentua verb ((intr.) to decline in value over time)
- halventaa verb ((tr.) to lessen in price or value)
- halveta verb ((intr.) to decline in value over time)
French
1 entries- déprécier verb ((tr.) to lessen in price or value)
German
2 entries- abschreiben verb ((intr.) to decline in value over time)
- herabsetzen verb ((tr.) to lessen in price or value)
Hebrew
2 entries- הפחית verb ((tr.) to lessen in price or value)
- קזז verb ((tr.) to lessen in price or value)
Hungarian
4 entries- devalvál verb ((tr.) to lessen in price or value)
- devalválódik verb ((intr.) to decline in value over time)
- elértéktelenedik verb ((intr.) to decline in value over time)
- elértéktelenít verb ((tr.) to lessen in price or value)
Italian
2 entries- deprezzare verb ((tr.) to lessen in price or value)
- deprezzarsi verb ((intr.) to decline in value over time)
Latin
1 entries- ēvīlescō verb ((intr.) to decline in value over time)
Macedonian
1 entries- обезвредни verb ((tr.) to lessen in price or value)
Polish
1 entries- deprecjonować verb ((tr.) to lessen in price or value)
Romanian
4 entries- deprecia verb ((tr.) to lessen in price or value)
- diminua verb ((tr.) to lessen in price or value)
- micșora verb ((tr.) to lessen in price or value)
- se deprecia verb ((intr.) to decline in value over time)
Russian
4 entries- обесценивать verb ((tr.) to lessen in price or value)
- обесцениваться verb ((intr.) to decline in value over time)
- обесценить verb ((tr.) to lessen in price or value)
- обесцениться verb ((intr.) to decline in value over time)
Spanish
1 entries- depreciar verb ((tr.) to lessen in price or value)
Yao
1 entries- kugwa verb ((intr.) to decline in value over time)
Sample sentences
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Algeria shouldn't depreciate its national currency.
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[…] which […] some over-severe philosophers may look upon fastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate.
Source: wiktionary
To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself.
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