Definitions for devaluations

devaluations de·val·u·a·tion

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

Devaluations is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 2002 anagrams from letters in devaluations (aadeilnostuv).

Definitions for devaluations

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 devaluations

First recorded in 1910-15; devaluate + -ion

Examples for devaluations

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

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

Unexpected turns in suburban desperation, deception and devaluation.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for devaluations
Scrable

15

Words with friends

19

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