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valorize

[val-uh-rahyz]

val·or·ize

[val-uh-rahyz]
verb (used with object), val·or·ized, val·or·iz·ing.
to provide for the maintaining of the value or price of (a commercial commodity) by a government's purchasing the commodity at the fixed price or by its making special loans to the producers.
Also, especially British, val·or·ise.


Origin:
1905–10; < Late Latin valor worth (see valor) + -ize

val·or·i·za·tion, noun
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valorize or valorise (ˈvæləˌraɪz)
 
vb
(tr) to fix and maintain an artificial price for (a commodity) by governmental action
 
[C20: back formation from valorization; see valour]
 
valorise or valorise
 
vb
 
[C20: back formation from valorization; see valour]
 
valori'zation or valorise
 
n
 
valori'sation or valorise
 
n

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