An asset which has a useful life of one or more years and can be depreciated (reduced in value) over its useful life. … [Read more...] about DEPRECIABLE ASSET
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DEPOPULATIO AGRORUM
In old English law. The crime of destroying, ravaging, or laying waste a country. 2 Hale P. C. 333 ; 4 Bl. Comm. 373. … [Read more...] about DEPOPULATIO AGRORUM
DEPRECIABLE COST
The price of an asset less its salvage value. … [Read more...] about DEPRECIABLE COST
DEPOPULATION
In its most proper signification, is the destruction of the people of a country or place. This word is, however, taken rather in a passive than an active one; we say depopulation, to designate a diminution of inhabitants, arising either from violent causes, or the want of multiplication. Vide 12 Co. 30. … [Read more...] about DEPOPULATION
DEPRECIATE
An accounting term: The recognition of the deterioration of an asset as a result of natural wear and tear by reducing the value of an asset annually on the books over the course of its useful life. See depreciation. … [Read more...] about DEPRECIATE