What (who) is Debase - definition
PRACTICE OF LOWERING THE VALUE OF CURRENCY; FINANCIAL GAIN FOR THE SOVEREIGN AT THE EXPENSE OF CITIZENS
Debase; Coin debasement; Currency debasement; Debasement of currency; Debasing; Base silver; Debased silver
Debase
·adj To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, ·etc.; to Degrade; to Lower; to Deteriorate; to Abase; as, to debase the character by crime; to debase the mind by frivolity; to debase style by vulgar words.
debase
(debases, debasing, debased)
To debase something means to reduce its value or quality. (FORMAL)
Politicians have debased the meaning of the word 'freedom'...
= degrade
VERB: V n
• debased
...the debased standards of today's media.
ADJ
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Debasement
A debasement of coinage is the practice of lowering the intrinsic value of coins, especially when 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 in the coin is reduced.
Debasement is a practice of governments, and in government debasement, governments make their debased coins legal tender, which is not something private minters can do given that the practice cannot be easily engaged in without a government requiring that people accept debased coins.
Pronunciation examples for Debase
1. And potentially debase or lower an idea a little bit.
Broadway's Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 _ Josh Groban + More _ Talks at Google
2. to debase us in our food, appropriate us.
Narrative Plentitude _ Viet Thanh Nguyen and Vu Tran _ Talks at Google
3. And the cabaret thing, to debase myself completely,
No One Can Pronounce My Name _ Rakesh Satyal _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of Debase
1. Trust our Leader to debase it. – K.atie Burke, Stoke, England.
2. The Bush administration has done much to debase the coinage of experience.
3. And when you lose or debase that currency, then you can‘t govern.
4. I thought it was impossible to debase the currency still further after Blair.
5. "We have the right to speak out if we see that certain amendments debase democracy in our country," Veshnyakov said.