depreciate
verb (used with object)
to reduce the purchasing value of (money).
have been depreciating
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present perfect progressiveof depreciate.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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They were relatively low in 1948 because businessmen then were "writing-off" depreciation expenses on machinery that they had bought at relatively low prewar prices; lately businessmen have been depreciating much costlier postwar equipment.
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