transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪpri:ʃieɪt ]
( depreciates, depreciating, depreciated)
If something such as a currency depreciates or if something depreciates it, it loses some of its original value.
Inflation is rising rapidly; the yuan is depreciating...
The demand for foreign currency depreciates the real value of local currencies...
During those five years, the pound depreciated by a quarter...
VERB : V , V n , V by amount
• de‧pre‧cia‧tion
(depreciations)
...miscellaneous costs, including machinery depreciation and wages...
N-VAR