depreciation

See also: dépréciation

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Late Latin dē

Late Latin de-

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

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Proto-Indo-European *próti

Proto-Italic *pretjom

Late Latin pretium

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Late Latin -ō

Late Latin dēpretiārebor.

French déprécier

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ation

Middle French -ation

French -ation

French dépréciationbor.

English depreciation

Borrowed from French dépréciation.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˌpɹiːʃɪˈeɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

depreciation (countable and uncountable, plural depreciations)

The state of being depreciated; disparagement.
The decline in value of assets.
asset depreciation

currency depreciation

The accountant calculated the annual depreciation of the machinery.

There was a sharp depreciation in the value of the currency.
(accounting) The measurement of the decline in value of assets. Not to be confused with impairment, which is the measurement of the unplanned, extraordinary decline in value of assets.
annual depreciation

Derived terms

Translations

state

French: dépréciation (fr) f
Hungarian: leértékelés (hu), ócsárlás (hu), becsmérlés (hu), leszólás (hu), lekicsinylés (hu)
Italian: ammortamento (it)
Macedonian: обезвреднетост f (obezvrednetost)
Sicilian: ammurtamentu m

the decline in value of assets

Armenian: արժեզրկում (hy) (aržezrkum)
Bulgarian: обезценяване n (obezcenjavane)
Catalan: depreciació f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 折舊 / 折旧 (zh) (zhéjiù)
Dutch: depreciatie (nl) f
Finnish: arvon aleneminen, arvonalennus, arvonvähennys, arvon lasku, arvon väheneminen
French: dépréciation (fr) f
Georgian: გაუფასურება (gaupasureba), ღირებულების დაცემა (ɣirebulebis dacema), ღირებულების დაკლება (ɣirebulebis daḳleba)
Hindi: अवक्षयण m (avakṣayaṇ)
Hungarian: (as a process) elértéktelenedés (hu), devalválódás (hu), (as a purposeful action) elértéktelenítés, devalválás
Irish: dímheas m
Italian: ammortamento (it) m
Japanese: 減価償却 (ja) (げんかしょうきゃく, genka shōkyaku)
Korean: 감가상각 (ko) (gamgasanggak)
Macedonian: обезвреднување n (obezvrednuvanje)
Māori: hekenga wāriu
Polish: amortyzacja (pl) f
Romanian: depreciere (ro)
Russian: амортиза́ция (ru) f (amortizácija), обесце́нивание (ru) n (obescénivanije)
Sicilian: ammurtamentu m
Swedish: värdeminskning (sv) c
Tagalog: depresasyon

the measurement of the decline in value of assets

Bulgarian: обезценка f (obezcenka), амортизация (bg) f (amortizacija)
Catalan: depreciació f
Danish: afskrivning c
Dutch: depreciatie (nl) f
Finnish: poisto (fi)
Greek: απόσβεση (el) f (apósvesi)
Hindi: अवक्षयण m (avakṣayaṇ)
Hungarian: értékcsökkenés (hu), amortizáció (hu), amortizálódás, értékcsökkenési leírás
Indonesian: depresiasi (id), penyusutan (id)
Italian: ammortamento (it) m
Korean: 감가상각 (ko) (gamgasanggak)
Malay: susut nilai
Sicilian: ammurtamentu m
Swedish: avskrivning (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} הפחתת ערך f (hafkhatát érekh), ^{(please verify)} ירידת ערך f (yeridát érekh)
Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} амортизација f (amortizacija) (economic)
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} తరుగుదల (te) (tarugudala)