valorisation
noun
valorisation is a noun meaning “realisation of capital, creation of surplus value, self-expansion of capital, increase in value” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-A-L-O-R-I-S-A-T-I-O-N, and it appears about once in every 35 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of valorisation is valorisations.
What does valorisation mean?
noun
- 1
realisation of capital, creation of surplus value, self-expansion of capital, increase in value
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of valorisation
- valorisations plural
- valourisation
- valorization
- valourization
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is valorisation?
Valorisation appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does valorisation come from?
From Portuguese valorizacão, from valorizar (“to enhance the value of”; from valor (“value, worth”) + -izar (“-ize”)) + -acão (“-ation”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).