demonetize

[ dee-mon-i-tahyz, -muhn- ]

verb (used with object)

, de·mon·e·tized, de·mon·e·tiz·ing.

1. to divest (a monetary standard or the like) of value.
2. to withdraw (money or the like) from use.
3. to deprive (an issue of postage stamps) of validity by legal methods and without marking the stamps themselves.

demonetize

/ diːˈmʌnɪˌtaɪz /

verb

1. to deprive (a metal) of its capacity as a monetary standard
2. to withdraw from use as currency

Derived Forms

• deˌmonetiˈzation, noun

Other Words From

• de·mone·ti·zation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of demonetize¹

From the French word démonétiser, dating back to 1850–55. See de-, monetize

Example Sentences

YouTube, for its part, has encouraged creators to appeal when their channels are demonetized.

From Time

They should take it and use it to create and enforce policy changes across their networks because doing so would make huge headway in demonetizing the worst of this problem.

From Digiday

Specifically, it began checking publishers for content originality and demonetizing those who posted largely unoriginal content.

From MIT Technology Review

The same actors will also spin up new pages once their old ones have demonetized.

From MIT Technology Review

In 1652 an attempt was made to demonetize the vellon, June 25th, which was abandoned November 14th.

From Project Gutenberg

The only result is to demonetize gold and to cause it to be hoarded or exported.

From Project Gutenberg