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Q.Give an economic term:
Wear and tear of capital assets due to their use in the process of production.

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The economic term is Depreciation (also called the capital consumption allowance).

When fixed capital such as machinery, buildings and equipment is used in production, it slowly wears out and loses value through use, ageing and obsolescence. This loss of value is called depreciation. It is important in national income accounting: subtracting depreciation from gross values gives net values — for instance, NDP = GDP …

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