Showing posts with label deprecate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label deprecate. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

depreciate, deprecate

Depreciate or depreciate means to decline in monetary value--
Our plant will depreciate 10% over the next five years.
The car will depreciate $5000 the first year, almost as soon as it leaves the lot.
Depreciate may also mean to claim a decline in monetary value, for tax purposes--
We can depreciate this equipment up to 15% per year.

Deprecate or deprecate means to disparage or belittle; to express disapproval of--
So like her to deprecate something we've worked so hard on.
He's sure to deprecate any plan we present to him.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"Our accountant will deprecate any plan to depreciate our manufacturing plant by more than 5%."