depreciate
- IPA[dəˈprēSHēˌāt]
美式
- diminish in value over a period of time;reduce the recorded value in a company's books of (an asset) each year over a predetermined period
verb: depreciate, 3rd person present: depreciates, gerund or present participle: depreciating, past tense: depreciated, past participle: depreciated
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. diminish in value over a period of time the pound is expected to depreciate against the dollar 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ reduce the recorded value in a company's books of (an asset) each year over a predetermined period the computers would be depreciated at 50 percent per annum 同義詞 反義詞
- 2. disparage or belittle (something) she was already depreciating her own aesthetic taste 同義詞 反義詞