declining balance depreciation method

  • 1double declining balance depreciation method — UK US noun [S] ACCOUNTING ► DOUBLE DECLINING BALANCE METHOD(Cf. ↑double declining balance method) …

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  • 2double-declining-balance depreciation method — ( DDB) An accounting methodology in which the depreciation rate used is double the rate used under the straight line method. In addition, the rate is applied to the full purchase cost of the asset, whereas under the straight line depreciation… …

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  • 3Double-declining-balance depreciation — Method of accelerated depreciation. The New York Times Financial Glossary …

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  • 4double-declining-balance depreciation — Method of accelerated depreciation. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …

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  • 5declining balance method — ➔ method * * * declining balance method UK US noun [S] (also diminishing balance method, also reducing balance method) ► ACCOUNTING a way of depreciating (= reducing the value of) a fixed asset in a company s accounts , in which the asset s v …

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  • 6double declining balance method — UK US noun [S] (also double declining balance, also double declining balance depreciation method, also 200 percent declining balance method) ACCOUNTING ► the method of calculating the loss in the value of an asset over its useful life in which… …

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  • 7method — meth‧od [ˈmeθəd] noun [countable] a planned way of doing something, especially one that a lot of people use: method of • It is best to consider all methods of figuring your annual income tax before deciding on any one option. method for • A buy… …

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  • 8Declining Balance Method — A common depreciation calculation system that involves applying the depreciation rate against the non depreciated balance. Instead of spreading the cost of the asset evenly over its life, this system expenses the asset at a constant rate, which… …

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  • 9declining-balance method —  ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ noun : a method of calculating periodic depreciation that involves the determining at regular (as annual) intervals throughout the expected life of an asset of equal percentage amounts of a cost balance which is… …

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  • 10Depreciation — Not to be confused with Deprecation. Depreciation refers to two very different but related concepts: the decrease in value of assets (fair value depreciation), and the allocation of the cost of assets to periods in which the assets are used… …

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