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valeur

Definitions of valeur
  1. noun
    the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
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    côut
    the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
    côut, prix
    value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
    importance, intérêt
    the quality of being important and worthy of note
    banalité, insignifiance
    the quality of not being important or worthy of note
    revenue national
    the total value of all income in a nation (wages and profits and interest and rents and pension payments) during a given period (usually 1 yr)
    valeur nominale
    the value of a security that is set by the company issuing it; unrelated to market value
    prix de marché
    the price at which buyers and sellers trade the item in an open marketplace
    unité monétaire, étalon
    the value behind the money in a monetary system
    cherté
    the quality of being high-priced
    estimation
    the market value set on assets
    importance, portée
    the quality of being significant
    essentiel
    basic importance
    urgence
    pressing importance requiring speedy action
    banalité, insignifiance
    the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
    banalité, insignifiance
    the quality of having little or no significance
    étalon d'or
    a monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by a stated quantity of gold
  2. noun
    an ideal accepted by some individual or group
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    principe
    a rule or standard especially of good behavior
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    idéal
    the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain
  3. noun
    the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
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    dimension, mesure, quantité, taille
    how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
  4. noun
    a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
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    quantité numérique
    a quantity expressed as a number
  5. noun
    the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful
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    peu de valeur
    having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful
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    mérite
    any admirable quality or attribute
    démérite, tort
    the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
    côut
    the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
    côut, prix
    value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
    importance, intérêt
    the quality of being important and worthy of note
    banalité, insignifiance
    the quality of not being important or worthy of note
    revenue national
    the total value of all income in a nation (wages and profits and interest and rents and pension payments) during a given period (usually 1 yr)
    valeur nominale
    the value of a security that is set by the company issuing it; unrelated to market value
    prix de marché
    the price at which buyers and sellers trade the item in an open marketplace
    unité monétaire, étalon
    the value behind the money in a monetary system
    type of:
    caractéristique, propriété
    an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
  6. noun
    (music) the relative duration of a musical note
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    continuation, durée
    the period of time during which something continues
  7. noun
    the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined
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    affectation
    the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others)
  8. noun
    an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
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    quantité indéfinie
    an estimated quantity
  9. noun
    the high value or worth of something
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