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   depreciate

   /dɪˈpriːʃɪeɪt/

   verb

   • 1. diminish in value over a period of time: "the latest cars will depreciate heavily in the first year" Similar decrease in valuelose valuedecline in pricedrop in pricefall in pricecheapendevalueOpposite appreciate
   • ▪ reduce the recorded value in a company's books of (an asset) each year over a predetermined period. Similar devaluecheapenreducelower in valuelower in pricemark downcutdiscountinformal:slashOpposite raise
   • 2. disparage or belittle (something): "she was already depreciating her own aesthetic taste" Similar belittledisparagedenigratedecrydeprecatemake light oftreat lightlydiscreditunderrateundervalueunderestimatedeflatedetract fromdiminishminimizetrivializerun downtraducedefamedisdainridiculederidesneer atscoff atmockscornpour scorn oninformal:knockslampanbad-mouthsell shortput downpooh-poohlook down one's nose atdo downdo a hatchet job ontake to piecespull apartpick holes indrag through the mudhave a go athit out atrubbishslateslag offdated:cry downarchaic:hold cheaprare:derogatemisprizeminifyOpposite appreciate

   Word Origin late Middle English (in depreciate (sense 2)): from late Latin depreciat- ‘lowered in price, undervalued’, from the verb depreciare, from Latin de- ‘down’ + pretium ‘price’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. depreciable adjective
   • 2. depreciatory adjective

   Scrabble Points: 15

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