(accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset
the act of cancelling from an account a bad debt or a worthless asset
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用作及物动词 (vt.)
Part of the explanation is the appreciation of the real, which has put off ranchers from opening new tracts of forest. 这部分可以归于对于不动产的重视,这种重视使得伐木者不再开拓新的森林。