at face value
idiom
1
: for the price that is printed on something
We bought the tickets at face value.
2
: as true or genuine without being questioned or doubted
After all his lying, nothing he says now should be taken/accepted at face value.
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Those included hundreds of tickets for a Boise show, which got re-released at face value.
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Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 1 May 2025
That is a pithy pep talk and can readily be understood at face value.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Such hyperbole, taken at face value, has contributed to the Trump administration’s overestimation of the chances that tariffs would force China to the negotiating table.
—Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2025
But Season 5 of the series takes these thirsty tweets at face value rather than with the sense of irony with which they were likely written.
—Judy Berman, Time, 24 Apr. 2025
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Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 1 May 2025
That is a pithy pep talk and can readily be understood at face value.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Such hyperbole, taken at face value, has contributed to the Trump administration’s overestimation of the chances that tariffs would force China to the negotiating table.
—Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2025
But Season 5 of the series takes these thirsty tweets at face value rather than with the sense of irony with which they were likely written.
—Judy Berman, Time, 24 Apr. 2025
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“At face value.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20face%20value. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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