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demonetize

Quick answer

As a verb, demonetize means withdraw the status of legal tender from a coin (etc.) and remove it from circulation.

Meanings of demonetize

4 meanings

verb

  1. To withdraw the status of legal tender from a coin (etc.) and remove it from circulation.

  2. To declare ineligible or worthless as a medium of exchange or as legal tender.

  3. internetTo demote (published content, or its creator) so that it is no longer eligible to earn money for its publisher.

    “The site has the ability to demonetize a video.”

  4. Deprive of value for payment

    “demonetize a coin”

    Similar: demonetise

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

verb: deprive of value for payment
demonetise

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