Valorization \Val`or*i*za"tion\, n. [Pg. valorizac[~a]o.]
Act or process of attempting to give an arbitrary market
value or price to a commodity by governmental interference,
as by maintaining a purchasing fund, making loans to
producers to enable them to hold their products, etc.; --
used chiefly of such action by Brazil.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]