Definitions for devaluation

devaluation de·val·u·a·tion

Spelling: [dee-val-yoo-ey-shuh n]
IPA: /diˌvæl yuˈeɪ ʃən/

Devaluation is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 994 anagrams from letters in devaluation (aadeilnotuv).

Definitions for devaluation

noun

  1. an official lowering of the exchange value of a country's currency relative to gold or other currencies.
  2. a reduction of a value, status, etc.

Origin of devaluation

First recorded in 1910-15; devaluate + -ion

Examples for devaluation

A devaluation of those bonds, while the US debt load is rising, would not help anyone.

Unexpected turns in suburban desperation, deception and devaluation.

Inflation in the high-growth economies will change the relative real wages between the counties the same way a devaluation can.

Avoid contentions, divisions and animosities, which too frequently terminate in bloodshed and devaluation.

It does no good to goose your manufacturing exports with a devaluation if your manufacturers can't buy raw materials.

Exporters would presumably like that, since it will lead to a devaluation of the shekel.

Rouble inflation will not fully reflect the devaluation for a long time.

They erected defensive barricades of self-aggrandizement and of my devaluation.

Casting him as a Muslim is a convenient—and provocative—form of devaluation in a society which is fearful of Muslims in general.

Then the day after devaluation, we switch it all back into dollars again.

Word Value for devaluation
Scrable

15

Words with friends

19

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