Definition of Devaluation

1. Noun. An official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries.

Generic synonyms: Regulating, Regulation
Derivative terms: Devaluate, Devalue, Devalue

2. Noun. The reduction of something's value or worth.
Generic synonyms: Decrease, Diminution, Reduction, Step-down
Specialized synonyms: Evisceration
Derivative terms: Devaluate, Devaluate, Devalue, Devalue

Definition of Devaluation

1. Noun. The removal or lessening of something's value. ¹

2. Noun. The intentional or deliberate lowering of a currency's value compared to another country's currency or a standard value -- the price of gold for example. ¹

3. Noun. Depreciation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Devaluation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Devaluation

devacuumization
devadasi
devadasis
devall
devalled
devalling
devalls
devalorize
devalorized
devalorizes
devalorizing
devaluate
devaluated
devaluates
devaluating
devaluation (current term)
devaluations
devalue
devalued
devalueing
devaluer
devaluers
devalues
devaluing
devan
devanned
devanning
devaporation
devaprasnam
devas

Literary usage of Devaluation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Adjustment and Equity in Chile by Patricio Meller (1992)
"A devaluation generates a fall in PN/PT. If the markup u is constant, and if the YN/Ls ... The impact of the devaluation upon the reduction of the real wage ..."

2. Balancing Agricultural Development and Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon by Andrea Cattaneo (2002)
"APPENDIX D Results for devaluation Scenarios Table D.1 Short-run changes in production with currency devaluation, balanced adjustment scenario ..."

3. Structural Adjustment and Intersectoral Shifts in Tanzania: A Computable by Peter Wobst (2001)
"Exchange Rate devaluation in an Import-Dependent Economy A key element of most IMF/Wonld Bank-guided structural adjustment programs is devaluation of the ..."

4. Health Care Technology And Its Assessment In Eight Countries edited by H. David Banta (2004)
"CETS-Conseil devaluation des technologies de la sante du Québec, Mandate and Organization (Montreal: CETS, 1989). 29. CETS-Conseil d'evaluation des ..."

5. Regional Integration and Cooperation in West Africa: A Multidimensional by Réal P Lavergne (1997)
"What complicates devaluation in a monetary union, is that the different countries ... Coming to agreement on an appropriate rate of devaluation under those ..."

6. India and the United States: Estranged Democracies, 1941-1991 by Dennis Kux (1994)
"Asserting devaluation smacked too much of foreign pressure, ... Gandhi ignored their objections and announced a large 57 percent devaluation on 6 June. ..."

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