devaluation

de·val·ue  (d-vly) also de·val·u·ate (-vly-t)

v. de·val·ued also de·valu·at·ed, de·val·u·ing also de·val·u·at·ing, de·val·ues also de·val·u·ates

v.tr.

1. To lessen or cancel the value of.

2. To lower the exchange value of (a currency) by lowering its gold equivalency.

v.intr.

To lower the exchange value of a currency by lowering its gold equivalency.

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de·valu·ation n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	devaluation - an official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries regulating, regulation - the act of controlling or directing according to rule; "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians"
	2.	devaluation - the reduction of something's value or worth reduction, step-down, diminution, decrease - the act of decreasing or reducing something evisceration - altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value; "the adoption of their amendments would have amounted to an evisceration of the act"

Translations

devaluation [dɪvæljuˈeɪʃən] n → devaluación f

devaluation [dɪvæljuˈeɪʃən] n → dévaluation f

devaluation [dɪvæljuˈeɪʃən] n → Abwertung f

devaluation [diːvæljuˈeɪʃən] n → svalutazione f