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valorize

val·or·ize [ vállə rz ] (past and past participle val·or·ized, present participle val·or·iz·ing, 3rd person present singular val·or·iz·es)

transitive verb

Definition:

fix commodity price: to set and maintain the price of a commodity at an artificially high level through government action

[Early 20th century. Via Portuguese valorizar< valor "value" < late Latin (see valor)]

val·or·i·za·tion [ vàlləri záysh'n ] noun

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