Depreciate

  • 21depreciate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. disparage, derogate, discredit, belittle, cheapen, slump, fall, rundown (inf.), knock (sl.). See detraction, cheapness, decrease. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To decline in value or quantity] Syn. devalue,… …

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  • 22depreciate — [[t]dɪpri͟ːʃieɪt[/t]] depreciates, depreciating, depreciated V ERG If something such as a currency depreciates or if something depreciates it, it loses some of its original value. Inflation is rising rapidly; the yuan is depreciating... [V n] The …

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  • 23depreciate — verb 1 (I) to decrease in value or price: A new car will depreciate quite fast. opposite appreciate (4) 2 (T) formal to make something seem unimportant …

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  • 24depreciate publicly — index decry Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 25depreciate — depreciatingly, adv. depreciator, n. /di pree shee ayt /, v., depreciated, depreciating. v.t. 1. to reduce the purchasing value of (money). 2. to lessen the value or price of. 3. to claim depreciation on (a property) for tax purposes. 4. to… …

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  • 26depreciate — verb a) To reduce in value over time. b) To belittle Syn: do down Ant: appreciate, aggrandise, aggrandize, big up …

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  • 27depreciate — Synonyms and related words: abate, ablate, abrade, abridge, abstract, abuse, allow, bate, beat down, belittle, break, bring down, bring into discredit, bring low, charge off, cheapen, compress, consume, cry down, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down …

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  • 28depreciate — de|pre|ci|ate [ dı priʃi,eıt ] verb 1. ) intransitive to become less valuable than before 2. ) transitive FORMAL to make something seem less important than it really is …

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  • 29depreciate — see PRICE …

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  • 30depreciate — de·pre·ci·ate || dɪ priːʃɪeɪt v. reduce the value or cost (of an item or a currency); be reduced in value or cost; disparage …

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