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DEMONETIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does demonetize mean?
• DEMONETIZE (verb)
The verb DEMONETIZE has 1 sense:
1. deprive of value for payment
Familiarity information: DEMONETIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they demonetize ... he / she / it demonetizes
Past simple: demonetized
Past participle: demonetized
-ing form: demonetizing
... he / she / it demonetizes Past simple: demonetized
Past participle: demonetized
-ing form: demonetizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deprive of value for payment
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
demonetise; demonetize
Context example:
demonetize a coin
Hypernyms (to "demonetize" is one way to...):
devaluate; devalue (remove the value from; deprive of its value)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
demonetization (ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country)
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