verb
- to decrease in value over time
- to belittle or disparage someone or something
Usage: economics; finance
Usage: formal
Examples
- New cars depreciate rapidly in their first year.
- The currency began to depreciate against the dollar.
- Don’t depreciate your own achievements.
- He tends to depreciate the work of his colleagues.
- The equipment will depreciate over five years.
- She shouldn’t depreciate herself like that.
- Real estate values can depreciate during economic downturns.