What do you mean by depreciation?

Answer Posted / sanmilan

All Assets have a Life Span. The capacity or productivity of
particular asset need not be same as initial years after
using the same for 5 years. So cost of acquiring an asset is
spread over the estimated life of the assets. This is called
Depreciation.

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