depreciate
Decline in value
Depreciate means to lose value over time.
Cars depreciate the moment they leave the lot; equipment depreciates as it ages.
In accounting, depreciation spreads the cost of an asset across its useful life.
The verb also means to belittle or disparage: Don't depreciate your own accomplishments.
This sense overlaps with deprecate, though purists distinguish them—depreciate for value, deprecate for disapproval.
Express low opinion of
- belittleTo make something seem unimportant
- denigrateCriticize unfairly to harm
- demeanLower in standing
- diminishTo make smaller
undervalue · discredit · deride · slight · minimize · underestimate · trivialize · downplay
Reduce perceived worth
- declineDecrease or refuse
- devaluateReduce monetary worth
- valuationAssessment of monetary worth
- amortizationGradual debt reduction schedule
write-down · asset · equity · resale · market · investment · property · obsolescence
Grow worse over time
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- corrodeDestroy through chemical action
- wearCarry on person
- rustIron oxide coating
age · crumble · rot · disintegrate · tarnish · wither · degrade · erode
Reduce perceived worth
- devaluationLowering of currency worth
- weakenReduce in strength
- inflationSustained price level increase
- exchange rateCurrency conversion value
monetary · dollar · peso · yen · euro · purchasing power · float · foreign exchange
disparage
Express low opinion of
- belittleTo make something seem unimportant
- denigrateCriticize unfairly to harm
- demeanLower in standing
diminish · undervalue · discredit · deride · slight · minimize · underestimate · trivialize · downplay · dismiss
devalue
Reduce perceived worth
amortization · write-down · asset · equity · resale · market · investment · property · obsolescence · wear
deteriorate
Grow worse over time
rust · age · crumble · rot · disintegrate · tarnish · wither · degrade · erode · decompose
devalue
Reduce perceived worth
- devaluationLowering of currency worth
- weakenReduce in strength
- inflationSustained price level increase
exchange rate · monetary · dollar · peso · yen · euro · purchasing power · float · foreign exchange · central bank
- accounting verbsaudit, balance, budget, credit, debit
- degradebelittle, demean, humiliate, degrade, debase
- money verbsdeposit, withdraw, transfer, spend, save
- Reduceshrink, diminish, decrease, lessen, reduce
- mark downdiscount, sale, clearance, bargain, cut
- budget termsbudget, deficit, surplus, spending, revenue
- vehicle depreciationLoss in automobile value
depreciation, depreciating, depreciated, depreciative, depreciatory, depreciates, depreciator, depreciable, depreciations