verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
value
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Lybrand nine days after Forbes magazine reported that Hollywood depreciated the value of its video cassettes more slowly than competitors.
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The central bank is most concerned to limit inflation because inflation depreciates the value of the assets held by the commercial banks.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A new car depreciates more quickly than a second-hand one.
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Dana depreciates the value of his relationships with his friends in his poetry.
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New cars depreciate quickly in the first two years.
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The entire cost of an asset is depreciated over a period of years.
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US investors anticipate that the Deutschmark will, in the long term, depreciate relative to the dollar.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And you could depreciate one-eighth of your tax basis in your home.
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By depreciating against the other currencies as needed, the scavenger currency would insulate them from this local depression.
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For other assets there is no provision, statutory or professional, to depreciate them.
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His call reflects concern that other currencies could depreciate against the euro, leading to strains among the 15 member states.
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It is clear from the data that the dollar began to depreciate steadily after March 1985.
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Just how much people will switch out of sterling depends on how much they think the exchange rate will depreciate .
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These notes are postmarked from countries where the dollar has just gotten weaker, or depreciated.
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Thus, the United States government might attempt to depreciate the dollar when our economy is in recession.