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Depreciation
1. A fall in the value of a country's currency on the exchange market, relative either to a particular other currency or to a weighted average of other currencies. The currency is said to depreciate. Opposite of "appreciation. "
2. The decline in value or usefulness of a piece of capital over time, and/or with use.
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