value
Other forms: values; valued; valuing
When you value something, you consider it important and worthwhile. For example, if you value someone’s opinion, you will ask that person's advice before making a big decision.
Value has to do with how much something is worth, either in terms of cash or importance. As a verb, it means "holding something in high regard," (like "I value our friendship") but it can also mean "determine how much something is worth," like a prize valued at $200. The noun value also relates to worth, like a used car that is a good value, the value of good health, or the ideals we have, like "My values include honesty and fairness."
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the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable“the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world”types:invaluableness, preciousness, pricelessness, valuablenessthe positive quality of being precious and beyond valuecost, monetary value, pricethe property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)richnessthe quality of having high intrinsic valueimportancethe quality of being important and worthy of noteunimportancethe quality of not being important or worthy of notenational incomethe 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)GNP, gross national productformer measure of the United States economy; the total market value of goods and services produced by all citizens and capital during a given period (usually 1 yr)GDP, gross domestic productthe measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and capital within a nation's borders during a given period (usually 1 year)face value, nominal value, par valuethe value of a security that is set by the company issuing it; unrelated to market valuebook valuethe value at which an asset is carried on a balance sheet; equals cost minus accumulated depreciationmarket price, market valuethe price at which buyers and sellers trade the item in an open marketplacegoldsomething likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc.average costtotal cost for all units bought (or produced) divided by the number of unitsdifferential cost, incremental cost, marginal costthe increase or decrease in costs as a result of one more or one less unit of outputexpensivenessthe quality of being high-pricedassessmentthe market value set on assetsdeath tollthe number of deaths resulting from some particular cause such as an accident or a battle or a natural disasterbig dealanything of great importance or consequencemagnituderelative importanceaccountimportance or valuemomentousnessutmost importanceprominencerelative importancegreatness, illustriousnessthe property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminencesignificancethe quality of being significanturgencypressing importance requiring speedy actioninessentialitynot of basic importanceinsignificancethe quality of having little or no significancereal GNP, real gross national producta version of the GNP that has been adjusted for the effects of inflationcapital stockthe book value of the outstanding shares of a corporationgold standarda monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by a stated quantity of goldsilver standarda monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by a stated quantity of silverbimetallisma monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by stated amounts of two metals (usually gold and silver) with values set at a predetermined ratiogravityalarming importance or seriousnessseriousnessalarming importance or seriousnesstype of:worththe quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful
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a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed“the value assigned was 16 milliseconds”types:characteristic root of a square matrix, eigenvalue, eigenvalue of a matrix, eigenvalue of a square matrix(mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinantscale valuea value on some scale of measurementargument, parameter(computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or programaveragean intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usualtype of:numerical quantitya quantity expressed as a number
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the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else“he tried to estimate the value of the produce at normal prices”synonyms: economic valuetypes:mess of pottageanything of trivial valuepremiumthe amount that something in scarce supply is valued above its nominal value
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fix or determine the value of; assign a value to“value the jewelry and art work in the estate”types:floatallow (currencies) to fluctuate
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evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance ofassessestimate the value of (property) for taxation
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estimate the value of
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an ideal accepted by some individual or group“he has old-fashioned values”types:introject(psychoanalysis) parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child; the voice of conscience is usually a parent's voice internalizedprinciplea rule or standard especially of good behavioraccounting principle, accounting standarda principle that governs current accounting practice and that is used as a reference to determine the appropriate treatment of complex transactionsethic, moral principle, value orientation, value-systemthe principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social groupHellenismthe principles and ideals associated with classical Greek civilizationjudicial doctrine, judicial principle, legal principle(law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudencescruplean ethical or moral principle that inhibits actiontype of:idealthe idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain
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regard highly; think much of
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hold dearsynonyms: appreciate, prize, treasuretypes:do justiceshow due and full appreciationrubricateplace in the church calendar as a red-letter day honoring a saint
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(music) the relative duration of a musical notesynonyms: note value, time value
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relative darkness or lightness of a color“"I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light"-Joe Hing Lowe”type of:color propertyan attribute of color
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