valorize

American  

[val-uh-rahyz] / ˈvæl əˌraɪz /

especially British, valorise

verb (used with object)

valorized, valorizing

1. to provide for the maintaining of the value or price of (a commercial commodity) by a government's purchasing the commodity at the fixed price or by its making special loans to the producers.

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valorize British  

/ ˈvæləˌraɪz /

verb

1. (tr) to fix and maintain an artificial price for (a commodity) by governmental action

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Other Word Forms

• valorization noun

Etymology

Origin of valorize

First recorded in 1905–10; from Late Latin valor “worth” ( valor ) + -ize

Example Sentences

She put employers on notice that they will be held legally accountable if their employees refuse to serve people who wish to valorize Kirk.

From Salon

By rooting “Cowboy Carter” in the kind of hand-played sounds the academy has long valorized, Beyoncé almost seems to be daring the organization to withhold the award for a fifth time.

From Los Angeles Times

Institutions must take account of race, for sure, but without valorizing it to an extent that ends up compounding racist stereotyping itself.

From Salon

Diet culture, in general, is a pervasive societal belief that promotes thinness, equates health with body size and valorizes certain traits tied to eating disorders, like restricting calories or only eating certain foods.

From Seattle Times

Without valorizing her, Ms. Saxton showed that Mary Washington was very much a person of her time, and that her life was a window into the experiences of women in 18th-century Virginia.

From New York Times