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depreciation
(redirected from Capital consumption)

   Also found in: Legal, Financial, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.06 sec.
depreciation,
n the charges against earnings to write off the cost, less salvage value, of an asset over its estimated useful life. It is a bookkeeping entry and does not represent any cash outlay, nor are any funds earmarked for the purpose. There are three classic methods of applying depreciation: straight line, sum of the year's digits, and double declining balance.

depreciation
the decline in value over time of capital items.


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