depreciate

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

de·pre·ci·ate [depreciate depreciates depreciated depreciating] BrE [dɪˈpriːʃieɪt] NAmE [dɪˈpriːʃieɪt] verb
1. intransitive to become less valuable over a period of time
•New cars start to depreciate as soon as they are on the road.
•Shares continued to depreciate on the stock markets today.
Opp: ↑appreciate
2. transitive ~ sth (business)to reduce the value, as stated in the company's accounts, of a particular ↑asset over a particular period of time
•The bank depreciates PCs over a period of five years.
3. transitive ~ sth (formal)to make sth seem unimportant or of no value
•I had no intention of depreciating your contribution.
Derived Word: ↑depreciation
Verb forms:

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

Example Bank:
•Cars depreciate in value rapidly.
•Sterling is expected to depreciate against the dollar.
•The peso depreciated by 9%.
•The rupee depreciated by 9 per cent.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  undervalue, devaluate, devalue, deprecate, vilipend
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue