depreciate
verb (used with object)
to reduce the purchasing value of (money).
had depreciated
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past perfectof depreciate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The pound was last trading at $1.2057, up 0.04% on the day, but it had depreciated around 11% for the year.
From Reuters ● Dec. 30, 2022
Meanwhile, a Russian senator, Andrei Shevchenko, said last year that utility infrastructure in Russia had depreciated by 60 percent and that the cost of needed repairs exceeded 4 trillion rubles, or about $58 billion.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 25, 2022
Within a decade, the family figured that its home had depreciated by more than 50 percent.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2015
Funds would be repatriated to continental and after currencies had depreciated, property in Frankfurt, Paris and Rome would start to look very cheap.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2012
Those he had bought on George's account had depreciated in an unexpected manner and the markets were stagnant.
From Ranching for Sylvia by Harold Bindloss
