verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
devalue the currency (= reduce the value of a country’s money in relation to other currencies )
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The Finance Minister was forced to devalue the currency.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
currency
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The dramatic move - effectively devaluing our currency - exposed the Prime Minister's general election pledges of economic recovery as worthless.
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To lower admission standards would be, in effect, to devalue the currency in which their diploma had been issued.
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Because cheats devalue the currency , business goes a long way to protect its brands.
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To reach an accord, the government will likely have to devalue its currency , which would help boost exports.
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For a high inflation country, the ability occasionally to devalue its currency is important and its exercise can yield benefits.
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Governments sometimes responded by promptly devaluing the currency to offset the cost disadvantage of the wage increases.
dollar
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He urged that they be devalued against the dollar .
government
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The government devalued last year but has remained under pressure for its failure to cut the budget deficit.
percent
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Last night it was effectively devalued by eight percent .
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Britain's pound was effectively devalued by ten percent yesterday.
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As from Feb. 26 the zloty was devalued by 12 percent against a basket of five Western currencies.
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The peseta is devalued by 5 percent .
pound
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But it was bigoted political obstinacy, not courage, which induced him to refuse to devalue the pound .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The ruble has been devalued.
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They're always trying to devalue my contribution to the department.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A real injury crisis like this can devalue the game.
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Because our culture devalues the reasons for getting married, it also has a limited view of the permanence of marriage.
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Britain's pound was effectively devalued by ten percent yesterday.
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I think the use of words such as courage and bravery are over used and they have become devalued as a result.
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Indiscriminate use of praise devalues its power as a motivator and reward.
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It is up to politicians in a democracy to nurture faith in it, not devalue that faith.
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This led to a surplus of qualified workers and made it possible for their work and pay to be devalued.