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# depreciation

noun (uncountable; also a depreciation)

«depreciation» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (money) The loss of value of something as it gets older or is used, like a car being worth less each year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depreciation/#m1)
2. (money) A fall in the value of a country's money compared with other currencies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depreciation/#m2)
3. (formal) Saying that something is of little worth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depreciation/#m3)
4. Self-depreciation means running yourself down, saying that you are not very good or clever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depreciation/#m4)

### In the lessons

In money maths, depreciation is often a percentage taken off each year: a bike worth 200 that loses 10% a year is worth 180 after one year. In business and news it explains why second-hand things cost less and why a currency buys less abroad. Phrases: «depreciation of the pound», «the car's depreciation».

### Examples

- New cars suffer fast depreciation in the first year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depreciation/#x1)
- Because of depreciation, Dad's old phone is worth very little. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depreciation/#x2)
- The depreciation of the dollar made holidays abroad dearer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depreciation/#x3)
- We worked out the depreciation of the laptop in maths. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depreciation/#x4)
- Toys usually lose value, but some rare ones avoid depreciation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depreciation/#x5)
- The company counts depreciation on its machines every year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depreciation/#x6)

### Note

Opposite: appreciation (going up in value). Verb: depreciate. In maths problems: depreciation means the value goes down; with a percentage each year, work it out on the new value each time (like compound interest in reverse).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «depreciation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depreciation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«depreciation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/depreciation.html) on Mova free.