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Appreciate

Meaning in finance & banking, with examples

/əˈpriːʃieɪt/verbCommon term

In finance & banking, appreciate means: Of a currency or asset: to rise in value over time. The opposite is 'depreciate'.

In Turkish: değer kazanmak, değerlenmek

How it is used

Used in FX markets, treasury reports and real estate. A currency appreciates against another, and property can appreciate over the years. The noun is 'appreciation'. Market reports also use the everyday verbs 'strengthen' and 'weaken'.

Example sentences

  1. The euro appreciated against the dollar after the ECB's decision.

  2. Homes in the city centre have appreciated much faster than rents.

Common collocations

  • appreciate against the dollar
  • currency appreciation
  • capital appreciation
  • appreciate in value
  • depreciationSpreading the cost of a long-term physical asset, such as a machine or building, over its useful life; also a fall in the value of a currency or asset.
  • exchange rateThe price of one currency in terms of another, for example how many Turkish lira you need to buy one euro.
  • devaluationAn official decision by a government or central bank to lower the value of its currency against other currencies, usually under a fixed exchange rate system.
  • foreign exchangeThe buying and selling of currencies, or foreign currency itself. It is often shortened to FX or forex.
  • valuationAn estimate of what a company, asset or property is worth, or the process of calculating it.

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