depreciation

See also: dépréciation

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French dépréciation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˌpɹiːʃɪˈeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

depreciation (countable and uncountable, plural depreciations)

1. The state of being depreciated; disparagement.
2. The decline in value of assets.
3. (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.

Translations

state

• French: dépréciation (fr) f
• Hungarian: leértékelés (hu), ócsárlás, becsmérlés (hu), leszólás, lekicsinylés
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: обезвреднетост f (obezvrednetost)

the decline in value of assets

• Bulgarian: обезценяване n (obezcenjavane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 折舊／折旧 (zh) (zhéjiù), 折旧 (zh) (zhéjiù)

• Finnish: arvon aleneminen, arvonalennus, arvonvähennys, arvon lasku, arvon väheneminen
• French: dépréciation (fr) f
• Hindi: अवक्षयण m (avakṣayaṇ)
• Hungarian: (as a process) elértéktelenedés (hu), devalválódás, (as a purposeful action) elértéktelenítés, devalválás
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 減価償却 (ja) (げんかしょうきゃく, genka shōkyaku)
• Macedonian: обезвреднување n (obezvrednuvanje)
• Maori: hekenga uara, hekenga wāriu
• Romanian: depreciere (ro)
• Russian: амортиза́ция (ru) f (amortizácija), обесце́нивание (ru) n (obescénivanije)
• Swedish: värdeminskning (sv) c

the measurement of the decline in value of assets

• Bulgarian: обезценка f (obezcenka), амортизация (bg) f (amortizacija)
• Danish: afskrivning c
• Finnish: poisto (fi)
• Hindi: अवक्षयण m (avakṣayaṇ)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: értékcsökkenés (hu), amortizáció (hu), amortizálódás, értékcsökkenési leírás
• Swedish: avskrivning (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} הפחתת ערך f (hafkhatát érekh), ^{(please verify)} ירידת ערך f (yeridát érekh)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} амортизација f (amortizacija) (economic)
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} తరుగుదల (te) (tarugudala)

See also

• depreciation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia