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depreciation
/dɪˌpɹiʃiˈeɪʃən/
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Stress the fourth syllable, “a,” as in “day.”
The ci spelling begins with sh, leading through ee into the strongest vowel before the final shun.
5 syllables · Stress on syllable 4
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“The report includes a depreciation schedule.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does depreciation mean?
noun
- The state of being depreciated; disparagement.
- The decline in value of assets.
- 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.
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/dɪˌpɹiʃiˈeɪʃən/
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Undoubtedly, by the general depreciation of merchandise, and, in the last analysis, by the conversion of private workshops into national workshops.
From snowy white to an unlovely dark brown turn the carefully washed fleeces, causing anathema from overseers and depreciation from brokers.
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"I suppose the depreciation in soil fertility and crop yields dates largely from the freeing of the slaves does it not?"
Chronic high inflation is Turkey's most serious economic problem, leading to high interest rates and the rapid depreciation of the Turkish lira.
Since experience was identified with what men do and suffer in particular and changing situations of life, doing shared in the philosophic depreciation.