The amount of depreciation taken for an asset during an accounting period. … [Read more...] about DEPRECIATED COST
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DEPORTATION
See also removal. civil law. Among the Romans a perpetual banishment, depriving the banished of his rights as a citizen; it differed from relegation and exile.Banishment to a foreign country, attended with confiscation of property and deprivation of civil rights. A punishment derived from the deportatio (q. v.) of the Roman law, and still In use in France. In Roman law. A … [Read more...] about DEPORTATION
DEPRECIATION
The gradual wear and tear or depletion of an asset over time. Typically an accounting term used to provide an operational cost and value over the lifetime of an asset. Also referring to the decline in market value of an asset. … [Read more...] about DEPRECIATION
DEPOSE
In practice. In ancient usage, to testify as a witness; to give evidence under oath. In modern usage. To make a deposition ; to give evidence in the shape of a deposition; to make statements which are written down and sworn to; to give testimony which is reduced to writing by a duly-qualified officer and sworn to by the deponent. To deprive an Individual of a public employment … [Read more...] about DEPOSE
DEPRECIATION RATE
The rate that an asset is depreciated over time or during an accounting period. … [Read more...] about DEPRECIATION RATE
