devaluationn.
/diːvaljuːˈeɪʃən/ The process of devaluing or fact of being devalued; spec. the reduction of the official value of a currency in terms of gold or of another currency.
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society > trade and finance > money > value of money > [noun] > fall or reduction in value
delayinga1500
embezzlement1548
embasing1551
fall1551
debasement1602
disvaluation1617
adulterateness1655
embasement1677
falling1699
depreciating1767
depreciation1767
debasing1891
devaluation1914
devalorization1928
slippage1972
1914 Eng. Hist. Rev. Jan. 140 The devaluation of the ancient Merovingian pence.
1921 Glasgow Herald 10 Dec. 8 Devaluation has an important bearing on Lord Inchcape's criticism of teachers' salaries.
1922 Glasgow Herald 12 May 9 The probable further devaluation of the mark.
1961 D. Woodward tr. G. Simenon Premier iii. 84 After the disastrous experiments made by previous governments..the only solution was a large-scale devaluation.
Derivatives
devaluˈationist n. one who advocates or supports devaluation.
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society > trade and finance > money > value of money > [noun] > fall or reduction in value > advocate of
depreciator1875
devaluationist1935
1935 New Statesman 1 June 793/1 Events in Belgium showed plainly the practicability of limited and controlled devaluation of the currency, and strengthened the hands of the devaluationists in France.
1969 Daily Tel. 14 Mar. 3 The 1968 balance of payments figures..must make the devaluationists think twice about the effectiveness of their remedy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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