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devaluate

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de⋅val⋅u⋅ate

  [dee-val-yoo-eyt]
Use devaluate in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
to devalue.
Origin:
1895–1900; de- + value + -ate 1

de⋅val⋅ue

  [dee-val-yoo] verb, -val⋅ued, -val⋅u⋅ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to deprive of value; reduce the value of.
2. to fix a lower value on (a currency).
–verb (used without object)
3. to undergo devaluation: The currency has devalued at a rapid rate.
Also, devaluate.

Origin:
1915–20; de- + value
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de·val·ue   (dē-vāl'yōō)   
v.   de·val·ued also de·valu·at·ed, de·val·u·ing also de·val·u·at·ing, de·val·ues also de·val·u·ates

v.   tr.

  1. To lessen or cancel the value of.

  2. To lower the exchange value of (a currency) by lowering its gold equivalency.

v.   intr.
To lower the exchange value of a currency by lowering its gold equivalency.
de·val'u·a'tion n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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