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value

26 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) value (noun)
  2. 2) value (transitive verb)
  3. value-added (adjective)
  4. value-added tax (noun)
  5. value-free (adjective)
  6. value judgment (noun)
  7. absolute value (noun)
  8. actual cash value (noun)
  9. book value (noun)
  10. breakup value (noun)
  11. characteristic value (noun)
  12. critical value (noun)
  13. expected value (noun)
  14. face value (noun)
  15. fair market value (noun)
  16. mean value theorem (noun)
  17. nominal value (noun)
  18. par value (noun)
  19. place value (noun)
  20. present value (noun)
  21. P value (noun)
  22. R-value (noun)
  23. surplus value (noun)
  24. truth-value (noun)
  25. U-value (noun)
  26. no-par (adjective)

1val·ue

noun \ˈval-(ˌ)yü\

Definition of VALUE

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\-(ˌ)yü-ləs, -yə-\ adjective
— val·ue·less·ness noun

Examples of VALUE

  1. The company's stock continues to decline in value.
  2. Real estate prices have doubled in value over the last decade.
  3. The difference in value between the two currencies is not significant.
  4. You may exchange the item for something of equal value.
  5. We sold the home for less than its full value.
  6. an increase in the value of the dollar
  7. The home has a value of $1,000,000.
  8. Property values tend to rise as interest rates fall.
  9. The store advertises great values.
  10. No one can deny the value of a good education.

Origin of VALUE

Middle English, worth, high quality, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *valuta, from feminine of *valutus, past participle of Latin valēre to be of worth, be strong — more at wield
First Known Use: 14th century

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