• Arabic: يُدْرِك ، يَتَفَهَّم
• Chinese (Simplified): 懂得
• Chinese (Traditional): 懂得
• Czech: uvědomovat si
• Danish: forstå
• Dutch: beseffen
• Estonian: mõistma
• Finnish: ymmärtää, havaita, erottaa
• French: se rendre (bien) compte de
• German: verstehen
• Greek: αντιλαμβάνομαι
• Hungarian: tudatában van
• Indonesian: memahami, menyadari
• Italian: capire, rendersi conto
• Japanese: 理解する
• Korean: 이해하다
• Latvian: saprast
• Lithuanian: suprasti
• Maltese: qagħad attent minn
• Norwegian: forstå
• Polish: zdawać sobie sprawę z, rozumieć]]
• Portuguese:

  Brazil: compreender

  Portugal: compreender

• Romanian: îşi da seama
• Russian: принимать во внимание
• Slovak: byť si vedomý
• Slovene: zavedati se
• Spanish: comprender, hacerse cargo de
• Swedish: förstå, vara medveten om
• Turkish: anlamak

• Arabic: يَرْفَع قيمَة أو ثَمَن
• Chinese (Simplified): 增值
• Chinese (Traditional): 增值
• Czech: stoupnout v ceně
• Danish: stige i værdi
• Dutch: in waarde stijgen
• Estonian: hinnas tõusma
• Finnish: nousta arvossa, kallistua
• French: prendre de la valeur
• German: im Wert steigen
• Greek: παίρνω αξία
• Hungarian: felmegy az ára
• Indonesian: naik harga
• Italian: valorizzarsi
• Japanese: 値上りする
• Korean: 시세가 오르다; 가격을 올리다
• Latvian: kļūt vērtīgākam; celties cenā
• Lithuanian: įgyti didesnę vertę, pabrangti
• Norwegian: stige i verdi
• Polish: drożeć, zyskiwać (na wartości)
• Portuguese:

  Brazil: valorizar-se

  Portugal: valorizar-se

• Romanian: a creşte (ca valoare)
• Russian: дорожать
• Slovak: získať na cene
• Slovene: zrasti vrednost (čemu)
• Spanish: aumentar su valor
• Swedish: stiga
• Turkish: değeri artmak

References

• American Heritage 2000
• Dictionary.com
• Kernerman
• Webster 1913
• WordNet 2003

Appreciation is a term used in accounting relating to the increase in value of an asset. In this sense it is the reverse of depreciation, which measures the fall in value of assets over their normal life-time.

Appreciation is a rise of a currency in a floating exchange rate.

In times of high inflation, appreciation will be common to all balance sheet assets. Generally, the term is reserved for property or, more specifically, land and buildings. In any viable modern economy, such property tends to increase in value over the years - if only because of the scarcity of usable land forces its price in a competitive situation. However, this belief has often caused speculative bubbles to arise.

There are considerable difficulties in assessing the increase in value of any particular asset. This is principally because of the variety of interpretations that can be attached to the word value itself and due to the various instruments and methods used in the valuation process.

Appreciation is also a term meaning an expression of gratitude.

See also

• investment
• gratitude
• Value investing
• Marketing

External links

• Yee, Kenton K., "Opportunities Knocking: Residual Income Valuation of an Adaptive Firm" . Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 225-266, Summer 2000.

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