Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The removal or lessening of something's value.

    the reduction of something's value or worth

  2. (countable, uncountable)The intentional or deliberate lowering of a currency's value compared to another country's currency or a standard value (e.g. the price of gold).

    an official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries

  3. (countable, uncountable)Depreciation.

    Abwertung, Devaluation, Devalvation

    обесце́ниваниеobescénivanije, обесце́нениеobescénenije, девальва́цияdevalʹvácija

    знеці́ненняznecínennja, девальва́ціяdevalʹvácija

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Algeria suffered from a massive devaluation.

  2. Algeria needs to stop the dinar's devaluation.

  3. The devaluation of femininity perpetuates harmful gender stereotypes and restricts individual expression.

  4. The devaluation of the currency dealt a crippling blow to the nation's economy.

    ruДевальвация валюты нанесло сокрушительный удар по национальной экономике. — Balamax

  5. Perpetual revolutions in technology can mean the devaluation of fixed capital on an extensive scale.

Translations

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