Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (DTC) - DTC is the world's largest central securities depository. It accepts d...
  
  
• DEPOSITS IN TRANSIT - deposits made to a bank account that have not been credited to the bank statement...
  
  
• DEPRECIABLE BASIS - The initial acquisition cost of an improvement on land, used for income tax purpose...
  
  
• DEPRECIABLE LIFE - An estimation of the useful, valuable life of certain assets (such as buildings or p...
  
  
• DEPRECIATE - To allocate the purchase cost of an asset over its life.
  
  
• DEPRECIATED COST - In terms of economics: The measure of capital consumption during production, e.g., m...
  
  
• DEPRECIATED HISTORICAL COST (DHC) - he method of valuation of certain assets at the actual cost of thei...
  
  
• DEPRECIATION - the amount of expense charged against earnings by a company to write off the cost of a p...
  
  
• DEPRECIATION (VA) - Decline in value of a house due to wear and tear, adverse changes in the neighborho...
  
  
• DEPRECIATION ALLOCATION - the allocation of the cost of capital expenditures so that revenue is matched...