different between lowering vs depreciation

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English louryng, louringe, lowrynge, later variant of lourand, lowrand, lourande, lowrande, equivalent to lour +? -ing. Cognate with Dutch loerend (“lurking, louring”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?la??r??/, enPR: ?l??riNG
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?la??r??/

Adjective

lowering (comparative more lowering, superlative most lowering)

1. (of sky or environment) Dark and menacing.

   Synonyms: gloomy, threatening
2. That lowers or frowns.

   Synonyms: frowning, scowling, gloomy, sullen, glowering

3. Lurking, skulking, menacing.

Noun

lowering (plural lowerings)

1. Alternative form of louring.

Alternative forms

• louring

Derived terms

Etymology 2

c. 1600, "descend, sink, grow less or lower" (intransitive), from lower (adj.), comparative of low (adj.). Transitive meaning "let down, cause to descend" attested from 1650s. Related: Lowered; lowering. In the transitive sense "to cause to descend" the older verb was low. From Middle English lahghenn, (c. 1200), which continued in use into the 18c.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?lo?(?)r??/, enPR: ?l??riNG
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l???r??/

Verb

lowering

1. present participle of lower

Noun

lowering (plural lowerings)

1. The act of something being lowered.

Translations

Anagrams

• roweling

English

Etymology

From French dépréciation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??p?i????e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

depreciation (countable and uncountable, plural depreciations)

1. The state of being depreciated; disparagement.
2. The decline in value of assets.
3. (accounting) The measurement of the decline in value of assets. Not to be confused with impairment, which is the measurement of the unplanned, extraordinary decline in value of assets.

Translations

See also

• depreciation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia