HOW TO PRONOUNCE
depreciate
/dəˈpriʃiˌeɪt/
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What does depreciate mean?
verb
- To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of.
- To decline in value over time.
- To belittle or disparage.
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Coin, which it was the object of the Regent to depreciate, rose in value on every fresh attempt to diminish it.
Unable to support the currency, the national bank, nonetheless, was forced to depreciate the currency 65% over the course of the year.
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As in the case of Christian Science, these New Thoughters have a fundamental truth, which I would by no means wish to depreciate.
With what propriety, therefore, or for what good purposes, are attempts at this particular period made by some men to depreciate the importance of the Union?
Never were so many books written to depreciate the merit of famous men, men who were formerly regarded as the most precious patrimony of their country.