valorize: Meaning and Definition of

val•or•ize

Pronunciation: (val'u-rīz"), [key]
— -ized, -iz•ing.
  1. to provide for the maintaining of the value or price of (a commercial commodity) by a government's purchasing the commodity at the fixed price or by its making special loans to the producers.
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