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depreciation

allocating the cost of a (tangible) asset over a period of time
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Summary

depreciation is a costs[1]. depreciation draws 3,346 Wikipedia views per month (costs category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: reduction[3]
  • Part of: financial accounting[4]
  • Commons category: Depreciation[5]
  • Opposite of: Zuschreibung (Rechnungswesen)[6]
  • Topic's main category: Q9927803[7]
  • Facet of: bookkeeping[8]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11]
  • Partially coincident with: material degradation[12]
  • Different from: amortization (business)[13]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[14]

Why It Matters

depreciation has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] depreciation is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

bookkeeping

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 34sbk4
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  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0008400-ucetni-odpisy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0008400-ucetni-odpisy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259490|batch #259490]]"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → financial accounting
    Subclass of → —
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    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007294064405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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