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revaluation

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The process of altering the relative value of a currency or other standard of exchange.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • After the new party took power, the government declared a revaluation of the currency in an attempt to limit runaway inflation.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A reassessment of the value or worth of something; a reappraisal or reevaluation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • After the soldiers raided her farm for supplies, she was forced to a revaluation of their benefit as protectors.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The application of compound growth to the value of a pension benefit, specifically from the date of the member leaving the scheme (for example, moving to a different employer) to the date that the member starts receiving the benefit (typically retirement).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, countable, uncountable

Qualifier: pensions

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a new appraisal or evaluation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reappraisal, review, reassessment

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: appraisal, assessment

Narrower terms: stocktaking, stock-taking

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English valuation English revaluation From re- + valuation.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: revalvace — process of altering the relative value of a currency
  • Hungarian: felértékelés — process of altering the relative value of a currency
  • Hungarian: leértékelés — process of altering the relative value of a currency
  • Hungarian: átértékelés — process of altering the relative value of a currency
  • Hungarian: újraértékelés — process of altering the relative value of a currency
  • Polish: rewaluacja — process of altering the relative value of a currency
  • Polish: rewaloryzacja — process of altering the relative value of a currency
  • Bulgarian: преоценка (preocenka) — reassessment of the value of something
  • Czech: přecenění — reassessment of the value of something
  • Hungarian: újra/újbóli/ismételt felbecsültetés — reassessment of the value of something
  • Polish: rewaloryzacja — reassessment of the value of something
  • Polish: aktualizacja wyceny — reassessment of the value of something