demonetize, demonetise
(verb) deprive of value for payment; “demonetize a coin”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
demonetize (third-person singular simple present demonetizes, present participle demonetizing, simple past and past participle demonetized)
To withdraw the status of legal tender from a coin (etc.) and remove it from circulation.
To declare ineligible or worthless as a medium of exchange or as legal tender.
(Internet, transitive) To demote (published content, or its creator) so that it is no longer eligible to earn money for its publisher.
Source: Wiktionary
De*mon"e*tize (; see Monetary), v. t.
Definition: To deprive of current value; to withdraw from use, as money. They [gold mohurs] have been completely demonetized by the [East India] Company. R. Cobden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 April 2025
(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
