depreciate

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The yen could depreciate further if the rise in oil prices forces global central banks like the Fed and the European Central Bank to shift toward additional tightening.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Accounting guidelines say Targa has to depreciate investments in pipelines over two decades, even though the infrastructure lasts for four or five decades.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026

Instead companies depreciate these large costs over time, which is what gets counted in the income statement.

From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025

Faced with a balance-of-payments crisis, India dismantled many import controls and let the rupee depreciate - a move that gave a much-needed boost to exporters and domestic producers competing with imports.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2025

And why should we depreciate one of our own products by saying that we will not take it as money?

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political by Ingersoll, Robert Green