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
Summing Up So, to be clear, WBD doesn’t claim Paramount’s $30 a share cash offer, on face value, is better or worse for WBD shareholders than Netflix’s.
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
The denominations of hell notes can often run to eight figures, though their face value has little bearing on their earthly price, which can be as low as a few cents.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Otherwise, your one-cent coin is likely worth only its face value.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 30 Dec. 2025
The most important is lost seigniorage — the implicit revenue the government earns by issuing fiat money — because higher-value notes are cheaper to store and move relative to their face value.
—William T. Alpert, Boston Herald, 29 Dec. 2025
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
The denominations of hell notes can often run to eight figures, though their face value has little bearing on their earthly price, which can be as low as a few cents.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Otherwise, your one-cent coin is likely worth only its face value.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 30 Dec. 2025
The most important is lost seigniorage — the implicit revenue the government earns by issuing fiat money — because higher-value notes are cheaper to store and move relative to their face value.
—William T. Alpert, Boston Herald, 29 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for face value
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The latest numbers from Denver's Metro Association of Realtors shows the median sales prices in the Denver area is down 2%.—
Chierstin Roth,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Corporate Traveler customers saved $2 million more this year than in 2024, despite prices going up or staying the same.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Standard performance fees are 20% after clearing a hurdle which is often set at around 8%.—
Hank Tucker,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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That review includes parking fees at Park-n-Ride locations, which are currently free for most customers.—
Jasmine Arenas,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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There’s a reason why communities are increasingly pushing back against plans to build data centers; costs borne by the community far outweigh the benefits to the community.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
25 Jan. 2026
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The bill includes incentives for schools to lower the cost of a degree and to ensure that graduates meet certain average income thresholds, a nudge to help students attain degrees in fields that offer enhanced opportunities.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
25 Jan. 2026
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Peinemann and Kemmer agreed the county needs more permanent housing that puts people who need a little help, who can’t afford market rates, into homes.—
Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
23 Jan. 2026
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And going by the International Energy Agency’s latest projections, India could account for nearly half of all new oil demand by 2035, growing at a 3% annual rate through to 2035.—
Gaurav Sharma,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Olathe’s trajectory mirrors what’s happening across Johnson County — which saw more than 90% of the homes go up in value in 2024, with the average home prices sitting at $508,000 and average sale price at $557,000.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
10 Jan. 2026
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Cultural, linguistic, and value-based assimilation challenges arise, potentially altering national identities and eroding civilizational confidence.—
Daniel Ross Goodman,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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Matt Delventhal, a principal economist at Cotality, said that average household income in Los Angeles is around $90,000 per year, so very few residents could afford to buy the median house that last year had a list price around $900,000.—
Jennifer Castenson,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Among those towns were Rancho Cucamonga, a few miles east in San Bernardino County, where the median list price was $914,201 in September; and the smaller Upland, sandwiched right between Rancho Cucamonga and Claremont, where the median list price was $910,970.—
Michele Lerner,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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While well below the Mountain View per-unit price, the Sunnyvale deal was generally at a similar level as some recent apartment transactions in South San Jose.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
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The publication suggests that the unit price could be as low as $10,000, signaling Beijing’s push to make advanced loitering munitions affordable for mass deployment.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Face value.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/face%20value. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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