declining value
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdeclineandvalue
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decline
noun[S or U]
uk/dɪˈklaɪn/us/dɪˈklaɪn/
when something becomes less in amount, importance, quality, ...
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value
noun
uk/ˈvæl.juː/us/ˈvæl.juː/
the amount of money that can be received ...
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(Definition ofdeclineandvaluefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The continuallydecliningvalueof the cedi relative to the dollar was a source of great concern to all businesses.
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While old age pension payments are beset with delays anddecliningvaluethey remain the most important income source for the pension-aged population.
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High inflation rates have translated into adecliningvalueof the pension.
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That is a sad fact of thedecliningvalueof real money as against paper money.
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It has been suggested that, because of thedecliningvalueof the grant, it ought to be increased.
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Proprietors of sub-post offices in my constituency are very worried about thedecliningvalueof their businesses.
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I say "in the main", merely because there has been adecliningvaluein money, and this is a tendency which continues.
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The rents are out of proportion to thedecliningvalueof properties and the market rents for similar sized shops or other businesses.
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They will be progressively used and gradually we shall have adecliningvaluefor control by money supply.
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He had to deal with thedecliningvalueof sterling at that time.
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Making all possible allowances for thedecliningvalueof money, there is still a vast increase in real terms.
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After all, such a limit would do no more than catch up with thedecliningvalueof money.
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I do not think that the percentage increases are the real issue when we have a sharplydecliningvalueof the £.
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Other groups of people have been able virtually to contract out of the consequences of inflation and thedecliningvalueof money, but not these people.
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As a component of price statistics, thedecliningvalueof food, combined with the static value of other products, is the reason why our inflation rate is so encouraging.
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It is extremely difficult, in these years of thedecliningvalueof money, to see that all deserving citizens are suitably protected from the injury that inflation causes.
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Helena has not been fully taken up, suggesting that it is possibly ofdecliningvalueto the island.
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Over the years thedecliningvalueof money, which has nothing to do with them, upsets their calculations and the time comes when their income will not meet their needs.
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Depreciation is used to record thedecliningvalueof buildings and equipment over time.
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Credential inflation is thus similar to price inflation, and describes thedecliningvalueof earned certificates and degrees.
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