the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of demonetizing, or the condition of being demonetized
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of demonetizing; the condition of being demonetized. Also spelled demonetisation.
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n. ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country
Word Usage
"= -- Absorbed in the greenback controversy, the people apparently did not appreciate, at the time, the significance of the "demonetization" of silver; but within a few years several events united in making it the center of a political storm."