value
va·lue
noun
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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”
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Origin
From Middle English valew, value, from Old French value, feminine past participle of valoir, from Latin valēre (“be strong, be worth”), from Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“to be strong”).
Phrases
- absolute value
- accept at face value
- acid value
- actual cash value
- add value
- add value machine
- aged R-value
- and nothing of value was lost
- value system
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