straight line depreciation

straight line depreciation
A method of calculating the depreciation of an asset that assumes the asset will lose an equal amount of value every year.

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  • Straight line depreciation — An equal dollar amount of depreciation in each accounting period. The New York Times Financial Glossary …   Financial and business terms

  • straight-line depreciation — A method for achieving periodic reductions in the book value of fixed assets in which each periodic reduction is the same amount as every other reduction for the same asset. American Banker Glossary amortizing or apportioning an equal dollar… …   Financial and business terms

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  • straight-line depreciation — See depreciation …   Black's law dictionary

  • straight line depreciation — A deduction in calculating net income subject to tax, computed by dividing the adjusted basis of the property at the beginning of the year, less the estimated salvage value, by the number of years of estimated useful life remaining at the time.… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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