declining balance method

declining balance method
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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 value is reduced by the same percentage each year, so that the reduction is less each year: »

One example of accelerated depreciation is the declining balance method, in which depreciation is recorded as a constant proportion of the depreciated book value over the anticipated life of the asset.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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