redenomination
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The recalibration of the face value of a currency, most frequently by multiplying that value by a power of 10, sometimes followed by the demonetization of any cash issued with the original face value.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
Etymology
From re- + denomination.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: re