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devalue Definition

de·value (dē val′yo̵̅o̅)

transitive verb -·ued, -·u·ing

  1. to lessen or, sometimes, annul the value, importance, etc. of
  2. to subject (a monetary unit or a currency) to devaluation

devalue Synonyms

devalue

v.

revalue, depreciate, mark down, devaluate; see cheapen, decrease 2.

devalue Usage Examples

Object

  • currency: The losers are the lenders, who are repaid in devalued currency.
  • dollar: The joke is that loans made to the US are paid back in devalued dollars.
  • pound: The answer is not to devalue the pound or to try to compete in the Single European Market where other countries make identical goods.
  • importance: Any ethical consideration tends to be implicit rather than explicit which has a tendency to devalue the importance of the ethical dimension.
  • worth: However, it is believed that these solutions will devalue the worth of degrees.
  • brand: Promotions seem somehow more honest, even as they act to devalue the brand and the business it represents.

Subject

  • %: Once the peso is devalued by 30 %, the price of any imports will increase by the same amount.

Preposition: as

  • result: The ROH scores some noise but the story sinks without trace and the ROH's currency devalues as a result.

Modifying Another Word

  • thereby: In signing the banknote, Luping attempts to raise its market value, thereby devaluing the Maoist ideals embodied by Liu Vinci.
  • seriously: No matter what work has to be done it has seriously devalued my £ 36,000 vehicle.
  • thus: For example: LEAs took much too long to complete the assessments and statements, thus devaluing the process.
  • simply: Bland copies would make no positive contribution but would simply devalue the historic character of the area.
  • so: Words are so devalued in our times so we should simply announce the gospel in its purity.
  • not: Surely a story is not devalued by having been read?

Used with why or when

  • what: Once you start to have 46 players on tour, you devalue what it means to be a Lion.
  • when: Music is devalued when newsstands are covered in CDs being given away for free.

Present participle complement

  • neighbor: They can be an eyesore, blight neighborhoods and devalue neighboring properties.

Preposition: in

  • order: Will the UK need to devalue in order to join the euro?

Preposition: of

  • life: Does the loss of belief in the soul lead to the devaluing of human life?

Preposition: by

  • %: Once the peso is devalued by 30 %, the price of any imports will increase by the same amount.