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depreciation

[dih-pree-shee-ay-shuhn] / dɪˌpri ʃiˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
devaluation
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Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization — a measure of profitability — is set to come in at $3.7 billion, a 10% decline.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

“In addition to lower volumes and weaker mix, we expect profitability to be weighed down by higher raw material costs, increased depreciation and amortization, and elevated supplier-related expenses.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Airtel Money reported earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of $676 million in the fiscal year ended March, and currently has 53 million monthly active users.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The firm typically invests in midmarket North American companies with up to $1 billion in revenue and up to $75 million of earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization, according to its website.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 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

This has been partly due to currency depreciations in some of the emerging markets in which Santander has a significant presence, which has lowered the bank's net asset value.

From Reuters ● Feb. 24, 2023

His course now in the campaign silenced men like Hale and Seward who had nagged him for years with their depreciations and suspicions.

From Children of the Market Place by Edgar Lee Masters


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