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straight-line method of depreciation
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Straighten

Straight´en
v. t.1.To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.
[imp. & p. p. Straighted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Straighting.]
2.To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account.
To straighten one's face
to cease laughing or smiling, etc., and compose one's features.
1.A variant of Straiten.
Verb1.straighten - straighten up or out; make straight
Synonyms: unbend
Antonyms:
bend, flex - form a curve; "The stick does not bend"
2.straighten - make straight
Synonyms: straighten out
3.straighten - get up from a sitting or slouching position; "The students straightened when the teacher entered"
4.straighten - put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!"
5.straighten - straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map"
Synonyms: roll out
6.straighten - make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post"; "straighten hair"
adjust, arrange, clean up, clear up, correct, disentangle, neaten, organize, put in order, rearrange, rectify, reform, rehabilitate, reorganize, resolve, settle, sort out, spruce up, straighten out, tidy up, uncurl, unkink, unravel, unsnarl, untangle

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