verb
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to adjust the exchange value of (a currency), esp upwards Compare devalue
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(tr) to make a fresh valuation or appraisal of
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revaluesimple
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revaluessimple
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have revaluedperfect
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has revaluedperfect
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am revaluingprogressive
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are revaluingprogressive
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is revaluingprogressive
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have been revaluingperfect progressive
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has been revaluingperfect progressive
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revaluedsimple
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had revaluedperfect
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was revaluingprogressive
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were revaluingprogressive
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had been revaluingperfect progressive
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Etymology
Origin of revalue
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Paxton’s move to significantly revalue his assets without explaining why is “very strange,” said Margaret Dylus-Yukins, senior counsel for ethics at the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center, which advocates for strong disclosure rules.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
Mispricing occurs when investors treat geopolitical risk as temporary, only to revalue the securities sharply once sanctions, export controls or defense commitments harden into long-term policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
When, or if, Tesla creates a useful robot, shares will revalue again.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
“If you do not give the IRS enough information, they may decide to revalue the gift in 5, 10, or 20 years down the road,” LSL adds.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 7, 2025
It is only in quite recent days that a thoroughgoing attempt has been made to revalue all the old standards of morality.
From Recent Tendencies in Ethics by William Ritchie Sorley
Instead, they could impose tariffs, with a promise to dial them back if China revalues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Tesla’s stock revalues and sits at new plateaus every time it achieves one of its big goals, such as launching the best-selling car, electric or otherwise, in the world, an achievement of Tesla’s Model Y.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
But if China revalues its currency, companies like Staples would face higher costs and might have to raise prices.
From Reuters ● Jun. 13, 2012
Unless the Chinese government revalues its currency "they're setting up their banking system for collapse," he says.
From BusinessWeek ● Oct. 6, 2010
With a generation which holds so lightly by tradition, which revises and revalues all accepted values, these aspirations and beliefs might well drop out of its poetry.
From Recent Developments in European Thought by Various
If investors stopped accepting their earnings adjustments, some would be revalued as loss-making businesses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
They will get revalued higher as the worst-case scenarios don’t come to pass.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
Under current rules, a capital asset bequeathed to an heir is revalued to its price at the time of the original owner’s death, extinguishing all tax liability incurred up to that point, forever.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
Africa’s GDP should be revalued for its assets that include the world’s second-largest rainforest and biodiversity, said the president of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2023
He hadn't once ceased looking at Daisy and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Alphabet’s mark-to-market gains came from revaluing equity holdings, which include SpaceX and Anthropic, the artificial-intelligence developer behind Claude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Demand for memory in data centers, fueled by artificial intelligence, is driving up chip costs and revaluing Micron shares.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Another portion stems from the bank revaluing assets on its balance sheet it intended to use as a tax shield under the old, higher rate.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2017
For as long as humans have lived with symbols we have created strategies for effacing or revaluing them.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2015
These "Confessions" reveal him in the process of revaluing the values of life and art for himself.
From Confessions of a Young Man by George (George Augustus) Moore
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