debasement

Debasement — is the practice of lowering the value of currency. It is particularly used in connection with commodity money such as gold or silver coins. A coin is said to be debased if the quantity of gold, silver, copper or nickel is reduced. Contents 1… …   Wikipedia

Debasement — De*base ment, n. The act of debasing or the state of being debased. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

debasement — index abuse (physical misuse), attaint, bad faith, bad repute, contempt (disdain), corruption, defilement …   Law dictionary

debasement — [[t]dɪbe͟ɪsmənt[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft N of n Debasement is the action of reducing the value or quality of something. [FORMAL] ...the debasement of popular culture and the triumph of vulgarity …   English dictionary

debasement — noun The act of debasing or the state of being debased; a lowering, especially in character or quality. His large water dog was acquainted with the fact, and upon the approach of his master, betrayed his sense of inferiority by a sanctity of… …   Wiktionary

Debasement — 1. To lower the value, quality or status of something or someone. 2. To lower the value (of a coin) by adding metal of inferior value. In other words, debasement is the degrading of the value of something or character of someone. In the context… …   Investment dictionary

debasement — debase ► VERB ▪ lower the quality, value, or character of. DERIVATIVES debasement noun …   English terms dictionary

debasement — noun see debase …   New Collegiate Dictionary

debasement — See debase. * * * …   Universalium

debasement — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. abasement, debauchery, corruption, degradation, disrepute; adulteration, impairment, impurity. See weakness, deterioration. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. perversion, depravation, corruption; see evil 1 ,… …   English dictionary for students

debasement — n. humiliation, degradation …   English contemporary dictionary