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DEMONETISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they demonetise ... he / she / it demonetises
Past simple: demonetised
Past participle: demonetised
-ing form: demonetising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deprive of value for payment
Example:
demonetize a coin
Synonyms:
demonetise; demonetize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "demonetise" is one way to...):
devaluate; devalue (remove the value from; deprive of its value)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
demonetisation (ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country)
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