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What is depreciation?
Depreciation
Depreciation is the value something loses as it ages and gets used. Cars lose value fastest in their first few years. In a lease, the payment is built mostly from depreciation. When buying, depreciation shows up as the car being worth less when it's time to sell or trade it in.
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