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depreciation

[dih-pree-shee-ey-shuhn] / dɪˌpri ʃiˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
devaluation
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The depreciation cost, they approximated, is actually $400 million a year, not $138 million like standard accounting principles had suggested.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

But Monroe pointed to a different valuation metric based on earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

If free cash flow improvements disappoint, capital expenditures and the depreciation that comes with them will still “hit on schedule” and squeeze margins, Slok added.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

Moves are driven more by a stronger greenback than yen depreciation, Masanao said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

Prices kept going up and up, and depreciation of the paper money took a lot of the profit out of it.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

The gold miner said earnings before interest, taxes, depreciations and amortization more than doubled on year to $2.29 billion, aided by higher production volumes and elevated gold prices.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

President Masoud Pezeshkian promised dialogue and acknowledged "legitimate demands" in in a country where inflation soars near 50%, and currency depreciations play havoc with people's hardscrabble lives.

From BBC Jan. 12, 2026

Next year also could see corporates taking advantage of last year’s tax law changes that allow 100% bonus depreciations and immediate expensing of R&D costs.

From MarketWatch Dec. 5, 2025

One of the world’s sharpest currency depreciations boosted the cost of imports.

From Washington Times Oct. 8, 2021

Especially in these depreciations must the physician utilise all his knowledge and prove that only mental science is sufficient to cure such patients.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.




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