depreciation

See also: dépréciation

English

Etymology

From French dépréciation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˌpɹiːʃɪˈeɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• 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.

Derived terms

• accelerated depreciation
• accumulated depreciation
• depreciational
• self-depreciation

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) 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) Maori: 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) 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

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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)

See also

• depreciation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia