Depreciate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To lessen the price or value of.
  • v. To think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle. See Synonyms at decry. See Usage Note at deprecate.
  • verb-intransitive. To diminish in price or value.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To reduce in value over time.
  • v. To belittle
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue.
  • verb-intransitive. To fall in value; to become of less worth; to sink in estimation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To lessen the value of; bring down in value or rate: as, to depreciate goods or prices; to depreciate railroad stocks.
  • To undervalue or underrate; represent as of little value or merit, or of less than is commonly supposed; belittle.
  • Synonyms To lower.
  • Disparage, Detract from, etc. (see decry); to traduce, underrate, slur.
  • To fall in value; become of less worth: as, a paper currency will depreciate unless it is convertible into specie; real estate is depreciating.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. belittle
  • v. lower the value of something
  • v. lose in value
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    diminish    fall    lessen    decrease   
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    discredit    disparage   
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    underrate    detract    lower    disparage    decry    traduce    decline    fall    drop    slump   
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    appreciate   
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