n. 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.
n. Depreciation.
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n. the reduction of something's value or worth
n. an official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries
Word Usage
"However, in listening to all of Lindsey's material, he sometimes uses the term devaluation as a price increase and sometimes as an actual devaluation percentage."