declining balance method
noun[S]
ukus(alsodiminishing balance method);(alsoreducing balance method)ACCOUNTING
a way ofdepreciating(=reducingthevalueof)afixedassetin a company'saccounts, in which the asset'svalueisreducedby the samepercentageeachyear, so that thereductionis less eachyear:
Oneexampleofaccelerateddepreciationis thedecliningbalancemethod, in whichdepreciationisrecordedas aconstantproportionof thedepreciatedbookvalueover theanticipatedlifeof theasset.