单词 | devalue |
释义 | devaluev. transitive. To reduce or annul the value of; to deprive of value; spec. to effect the devaluation of (a currency). Also absol. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > value of money > [verb (transitive)] > reduce value lowa1513 embase1551 falsify1562 deprave1581 delay1586 debase1602 descry1602 decry1617 depreciate1656 discredit1721 devalue1918 devalorize1925 1918 Guardian 24 Oct. 847/3 The chemist has succeeded in devaluing the ruby. 1957 Times 18 Nov. p. iii/1 The pound would have to be devalued. 1965 New Statesman 23 Apr. 631/1 Wilson missed his chance to devalue last October. Derivatives deˈvalued adj. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > value of money > [adjective] > lowered in value worse1423 base1581 embased1602 depreciated1790 light1839 debaseda1859 devalued1925 1925 Glasgow Herald 29 Apr. 10 To return to the gold standard on the basis of a devalued sovereign. 1956 C. Wilson Outsider v. 133 Hegel..de-valued life, failed to recognize that thought is only an instrument to ‘more abundant life’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1918 |
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