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to revalue

to revalue

1 6.7
To give something a new official worth, often higher, especially for money or assets
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈvæljuː/
  • Specialized
translation icon : revaluar
  • The government decided to revalue the national currency to boost the economy.
  • revalue its currency

Examples

  • In layman's terms, we took a charge of around $496 million because we had to revalue some of the companies we acquired last year.

    Blog text (25)
  • One after another, other currencies were revalued against the dollar.

    Academic text (2012)
  • We'll have to revalue the assets that they hold on their balance sheets.

  • Forms of work that women once specialized in, such as child care and teaching, would be revalued.

    Academic text (2005)
  • I would revalue Google's business upwards if they were already in a defensible position.

    Blog text (1)
  • A few months later, governments agreed to revalue other currencies upward by an average of 7.9 percent against the dollar.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Once the government got all the gold they could, Roosevelt revalued gold at $35 per ounce.

    Blog text (19)
  • But its goodwill gestures have not put everyone at ease, and the United States, Japan, and South Korea have asked it to revalue its currency.

    Academic text (2003)
  • There's no reason for currencies to be revalued against one another every nanosecond, 24 hours a day, five days a week.

    Blog text (24)
  • But individuals—especially money traders—will soon find out about any changes and revalue the respective coins in international transactions.

    Academic text (1990)

Synonyms

to value
vsto revalue
107 3.0

To decide how much money something should cost

involves changing or formally setting a new official monetary worth
to reprice
vsto revalue
1 4.3

To change the price of a product or service

focuses on assessing or setting value broadly, not only selling price
to reappraise
vsto revalue
1 6.7

Look at something again to decide how valuable or important it is

emphasises making a formal new valuation, often increasing official worth
to valorize
vsto revalue
  • Formal
8.9

To increase or hold a product's price by government action

is about assessing and setting a new official worth
to apprize
vsto revalue
  • Archaic
9.9

To make something worth more money

stresses assessing and formally setting a new official worth

Antonyms

to devalue
  • Specialized
15 5.3

To lose value, especially a country's money compared to other money

How Large

to revalue
  • Specialized
1 6.7
to reprice
1 4.3
to reassess
32 3.7
to assess
296 3.0
to check
1.0

Surface Forms

revalue infinitive
revalued past
revalued past participle
revaluing present participle
revalues third person singular

Morphology

revalue = value (transparent) = re + value

The meaning follows the standard pattern 'value again' or 'assign a new value', which closely matches this sense.

Etymology

Revalue comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and value meaning 'worth'. So to revalue something is to 'value again' — to set a new price or official worth after a change.