Verb: devaluate dee'val-yoo,eyt
- Remove the value from; deprive of its value
"The government's decision to devaluate the currency shocked the markets";
- devalue
- Lose in value
"The currency continued to devaluate against the dollar";
- depreciate, devalue
Derived forms: devaluating, devaluates, devaluated
Type of: cheapen, come down, decrease, degrade, dent, diminish, fall, go down, lessen, sink
Encyclopedia: Devaluate