as in price
the monetary figure that is printed or shown on something (such as a coin or bill)
We paid $100 for tickets that had a face value of $50.
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Recent Examples of face value
Both the penny’s and the nickel’s manufacturing costs are greater than their face values, according to a report from the Treasury in December.
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Ash Reynolds, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2025
On face value, the idea of a government board who will cap the price of these drugs seems like a good idea.
—J.d. Davidson | The Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 25 Apr. 2025
Even if Bitcoin’s value falls to zero, bondholders still receive their $100 face value plus interest at maturity.
—Tonya M. Evans, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
In an announcement Sunday on his Truth Social platform, Trump said the cost of minting the coin featuring the profile of the country's 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, is more than twice the currency's face value.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 11 Feb. 2025
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Ash Reynolds, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2025
On face value, the idea of a government board who will cap the price of these drugs seems like a good idea.
—J.d. Davidson | The Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 25 Apr. 2025
Even if Bitcoin’s value falls to zero, bondholders still receive their $100 face value plus interest at maturity.
—Tonya M. Evans, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
In an announcement Sunday on his Truth Social platform, Trump said the cost of minting the coin featuring the profile of the country's 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, is more than twice the currency's face value.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for face value
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Now, while tariffs and deportations constrain the supply of goods and services to increase prices, reduction in taxes makes more cash available to consumers.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Inflation in Japan highest in two years Rice prices in Japan more than doubled in May, spiking 101.7% year over year and marking their largest increase in over half a century.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
20 June 2025
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Previous studies have concluded bag bans and fees do shift customer behavior, resulting in fewer single-use bags distributed at grocery stores.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
19 June 2025
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Perhaps; by being put on the waiver wire, other teams can take him freely for only a nominal fee.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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Covering much of the $120 million production costs himself, with money from his celebrated winery, the filmmaker’s latest premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival to wildly mixed reactions.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2025
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President Donald Trump, who nominated Waller as a governor during his first term in office, has been hectoring the Fed to lower interest rates to reduce borrowing costs on the $36 trillion national debt.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
20 June 2025
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The village also anticipates raising its water rate by 15% for an increase of 99 cents per 100 cubic feet of water.—
Richard Requena,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2025
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His pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut rates, dismissed by Chairman Jerome Powell, had at least one governor seeing action next month.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
21 June 2025
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Look to show the value your product provides and create demand in your community.—
Rhett Buttle,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Others, like Bumble, Match, and eharmony, offer broader dating pools to connect you with someone whose values and lifestyle truly align with yours.—
Malia Griggs,
Glamour,
30 June 2025
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Gilead's list price of $28,000 a year is far, far above that.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
18 June 2025
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The list price is expected to be different from when lenacapavir is used for the treatment of multidrug-resistant HIV, in which other HIV medications have not worked and the patient meets certain other requirements for lenacapavir treatment.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
18 June 2025
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“Face value.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/face%20value. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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