Definition

1. Verb phrase:
   • To depreciate; to lose value: Refers to a currency, asset, or commodity decreasing in monetary worth or purchasing power over time.
   • To be devalued: Specifically describes an official reduction in the value of a currency relative to other currencies.

Usage Examples

• Verb phrase:
  • Đồng tiền có thể mất giá do lạm phát. (Currency can depreciate due to inflation.)
  • Họ lo ngại đồng nội tệ sẽ mất giá mạnh. (They fear the domestic currency will be devalued sharply.)
  • Chiếc xe mới mua đã mất giá ngay khi rời khỏi showroom. (The newly purchased car lost value the moment it left the showroom.)

Advanced Usage

• "mất giá trầm trọng": to depreciate severely; to plummet in value.
  • Thị trường sụp đổ khiến tài sản của ông ấy mất giá trầm trọng. (The market crash caused his assets to plummet in value.)

Variants and Related Words

• Giảm giá (v): to reduce price; to discount. (Note: This typically refers to a price cut for goods, not a loss in inherent value.)
• Phá giá (v): to devalue deliberately (often by government policy).
  • Ngân hàng trung ương có thể phá giá đồng tiền. (The central bank may devalue the currency.)

Synonyms

• Depreciate: to decline in value over time.
• Devalue: to reduce the official value of a currency.
• Lose value: a general term for becoming less valuable.

Related Idioms

• Tiền mất giá: money loses value; currency depreciation.
  • Khi tiền mất giá, người dân thường tìm cách tích trữ vàng. (When money loses value, people often seek to hoard gold.)