value

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value[1,noun] value[2,transitive verb] absolute value actual cash value book value breakup value characteristic value critical value expected value extremum

Main Entry: ¹val·ue
Pronunciation: 'val-(")yü
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, worth, high quality, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *valuta, from feminine of *valutus, past participle of Latin valEre to be of worth, be strong -- more at WIELD
1 : a fair return or equivalent in goods, services, or money for something exchanged
2 : the monetary worth of something : MARKET PRICE
3 : relative worth, utility, or importance <a good value at the price> <the value of base stealing in baseball> <had nothing of value to say>
4 : a numerical quantity that is assigned or is determined by calculation or measurement <let x take on positive values> <a value for the age of the earth>
5 : the relative duration of a musical note
6 a : relative lightness or darkness of a color : LUMINOSITY b : the relation of one part in a picture to another with respect to lightness and darkness
7 : something (as a principle or quality) intrinsically valuable or desirable <sought material values instead of human values -- W. H. Jones>
8 : DENOMINATION 2
- val·ue·less /-(")yü-l&s, -y&-/ adjective
- val·ue·less·ness noun