depreciation

See also: dépréciation

English

Etymology

From French dépréciation

Pronunciation

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

Noun

depreciation (countable and uncountable, plural depreciations)

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

Macedonian: обезвреднетост f (obezvrédnetost)

the decline in value of assets

Chinese:
Mandarin: 折舊 (zh), 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

Japanese: 減価償却 (ja) (げんかしょうきゃく, genka shōkyaku)
Macedonian: обезвреднување n (obezvrednúvanje)
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

Danish: afskrivning c
Finnish: poisto (fi)
Hindi: अवक्षयण m (avakṣayaṇ)

Hungarian: értékcsökkenés (hu), amortizáció (hu), amortizálódás, értékcsökkenési leírás
Swedish: avskrivning (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} обезценяване n (obezcenjavane), ^{(please verify)} амортизация (bg) f (amortizacija)
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} הפחתת ערך‎ f (hafkhatát érekh), ^{(please verify)} ירידת ערך‎ f (yeridát érekh)

Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} הамортизација f (amortizácija) (econom.)
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} తరుగుదల (te) (tarugudala) (tarugudala)