face values

plural of face value
as in fees
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 values Ticket prices float with demand, the way airline seats and concert tickets do, which means that face values that start at a federation-only $60 and climb to $7,875 for a Category 1 seat at the final. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 19 June 2026 Proponents of dynamic pricing have often argued that prices adjusted to market demand are more honest than artificial face values that simply transfer profit to scalpers rather than to artists or event organizers. — Corey Martin, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026 As face values have increased in recent decades, fees imposed by Ticketmaster have increased, too. — Leah Nylen, Bloomberg, 9 Apr. 2026
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Noun
  • Now, to make up for the tax loss, local governments will need to decide to either cut spending or potentially levy new fees and taxes.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Drury worries that the fees will fade into background noise, and that resistance will erode as a new norm sets in.
    — Emma Witman, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Expensive diesel can have wide-ranging economic effects, including on consumer prices, since the trucking industry and many farmers use the fuel to produce and transport goods.
    — DAVID McHUGH, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Average unit retail prices on Coach handbags increased at low-double-digit rates in the quarter.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • The backstory The first Mandarin Oriental hotel—then called The Mandarin—opened its doors in Hong Kong in 1963 and has remained central to the hotel group’s core values, despite global expansion.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2026
  • There’s nostalgia and old world values as well as breaks from conventional and subtle sociopolitical commentary.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • This is an ongoing process that accounts for changes in policies, seasonality, costs and coverage limitations.
    — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Just over 13 percent cited rising energy and transportation costs.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • The paper, which was later retracted, helped fuel concerns about the safety of vaccines and drive down vaccination rates.
    — TODD WALLACK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The result depends on the assumption that nuclear reaction rates and neutron decay follow the same scaling as the expansion rate.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026

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“Face values.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/face%20values. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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