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straight-line

  [streyt-lahyn]
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–adjective
1. Machinery.
a. noting a machine or mechanism the working parts of which act or are arranged in a straight line.
b. noting a mechanism for causing one part to move along a straight line.
2. Accounting. denoting uniform allocation, as in calculating the total depreciation over the life of a depreciable asset, dividing that into equal parts, and depreciating each segment at regular intervals.
Origin:
1835–45
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straight-line   (strāt'līn')
adj.  

  1. Lying in a straight line.

  2. Relating to a device whose linkage produces or copies motion in straight lines.

  3. Accounting Of or being a mode of amortization by equal payments at stated intervals over a given period of time.

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Main Entry: straight–line
Function: adjective
: marked by equal payments over a given term straight–line method of depreciation>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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