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depreciation

[dih-pree-shee-ey-shuhn] / dɪˌpri ʃiˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
devaluation
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The company also sees earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization increasing 8% to 10%.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

As of 2025, SpaceX as a whole had annual revenue of $18.7 billion and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of $6.6 billion.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Executives face five-year planning cycles, depreciation schedules on systems they bought three years ago, and boards demanding returns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

A hike could now be warranted as rupee depreciation pressures are persistent, while rising inflation could breach the RBI’s 6% tolerance band later this year and remain sticky, says ANZ economist Dhiraj Nim.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 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




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