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val⋅ue

  [val-yoo] noun, verb, -ued, -u⋅ing.
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–noun
1. relative worth, merit, or importance: the value of a college education; the value of a queen in chess.
2. monetary or material worth, as in commerce or trade: This piece of land has greatly increased in value.
3. the worth of something in terms of the amount of other things for which it can be exchanged or in terms of some medium of exchange.
4. equivalent worth or return in money, material, services, etc.: to give value for value received.
5. estimated or assigned worth; valuation: a painting with a current value of $500,000.
6. denomination, as of a monetary issue or a postage stamp.
7. Mathematics.
a. magnitude; quantity; number represented by a figure, symbol, or the like: the value of an angle; the value of x; the value of a sum.
b. a point in the range of a function; a point in the range corresponding to a given point in the domain of a function: The value of x 2 at 2 is 4.
8. import or meaning; force; significance: the value of a word.
9. liking or affection; favorable regard.
10. values, Sociology. the ideals, customs, institutions, etc., of a society toward which the people of the group have an affective regard. These values may be positive, as cleanliness, freedom, or education, or negative, as cruelty, crime, or blasphemy.
11. Ethics. any object or quality desirable as a means or as an end in itself.
12. Fine Arts.
a. degree of lightness or darkness in a color.
b. the relation of light and shade in a painting, drawing, or the like.
13. Music. the relative length or duration of a tone signified by a note.
14. values, Mining. the marketable portions of an orebody.
15. Phonetics.
a. quality.
b. the phonetic equivalent of a letter, as the sound of a in hat, sang, etc.
–verb (used with object)
16. to calculate or reckon the monetary value of; give a specified material or financial value to; assess; appraise: to value their assets.
17. to consider with respect to worth, excellence, usefulness, or importance.
18. to regard or esteem highly: He values her friendship.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME < OF, n. use of fem. ptp. (cf. valuta ) of valoir < L valēre to be worth

Synonyms:
1. utility. Value, worth imply intrinsic excellence or desirability. Value is that quality of anything which renders it desirable or useful: the value of sunlight or good books. Worth implies esp. spiritual qualities of mind and character, or moral excellence: Few knew her true worth. 3. cost, price. 18. prize. See appreciate.
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val·ue   (vāl'yōō)   
n.  
  1. An amount, as of goods, services, or money, considered to be a fair and suitable equivalent for something else; a fair price or return.
  2. Monetary or material worth: the fluctuating value of gold and silver.
  3. Worth in usefulness or importance to the possessor; utility or merit: the value of an education.
  4. A principle, standard, or quality considered worthwhile or desirable: "The speech was a summons back to the patrician values of restraint and responsibility" (Jonathan Alter).
  5. Precise meaning or import, as of a word.
  6. Mathematics An assigned or calculated numerical quantity.
  7. Music The relative duration of a tone or rest.
  8. The relative darkness or lightness of a color. See Table at color.
  9. Linguistics The sound quality of a letter or diphthong.
  10. One of a series of specified values: issued a stamp of new value.
tr.v.   val·ued, val·u·ing, val·ues
  1. To determine or estimate the worth or value of; appraise.
  2. To regard highly; esteem. See Synonyms at appreciate.
  3. To rate according to relative estimate of worth or desirability; evaluate: valued health above money.
  4. To assign a value to (a unit of currency, for example).

[Middle English, from Old French, from feminine past participle of valoir, to be strong, be worth, from Latin valēre; see wal- in Indo-European roots.]
val'u·er n.
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Value

Val"ue\, n. 1. (a) That property of a color by which it is distinguished as bright or dark; luminosity. (b) Degree of lightness as conditioned by the presence of white or pale color, or their opposites.

2. (Math.) Any particular quantitative determination; as, a function's value for some special value of its argument.

3. [pl.] The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treatment from any mass or compound; specif., the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, or the like; as, the vein carries good values; the values on the hanging walls.

Value

Val"ue\, n. [OF. value, fr. valoir, p. p. valu, to be worth, fr. L. valere to be strong, to be worth. See Valiant.]

1. The property or aggregate properties of a thing by which it is rendered useful or desirable, or the degree of such property or sum of properties; worth; excellence; utility; importance.

Ye are all physicians of no value. --Job xiii. 4.

Ye are of more value than many sparrows. --Matt. x. 31.

C[ae]sar is well acquainted with your virtue, And therefore sets this value on your life. --Addison.

Before events shall have decided on the value of the measures. --Marshall.

2. (Trade & Polit. Econ.) Worth estimated by any standard of purchasing power, especially by the market price, or the amount of money agreed upon as an equivalent to the utility and cost of anything.

An article may be possessed of the highest degree of utility, or power to minister to our wants and enjoyments, and may be universally made use of, without possessing exchangeable value. --M'Culloch.

Value is the power to command commodities generally. --A. L. Chapin (Johnson's Cys.).

Value is the generic term which expresses power in exchange. --F. A. Walker.

His design was not to pay him the value of his pictures, because they were above any price. --Dryden.

Note: In political economy, value is often distinguished as intrinsic and exchangeable. Intrinsic value is the same as utility or adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants of men. Exchangeable value is that in an article or product which disposes individuals to give for it some quantity of labor, or some other article or product obtainable by labor; as, pure air has an intrinsic value, but generally not an exchangeable value.

3. Precise signification; import; as, the value of a word; the value of a legal instrument --Mitford.

4. Esteem; regard. --Dryden.

My relation to the person was so near, and my value for him so great --Bp. Burnet.

5. (Mus.) The relative length or duration of a tone or note, answering to quantity in prosody; thus, a quarter note [?] has the value of two eighth notes [?].

6. In an artistical composition, the character of any one part in its relation to other parts and to the whole; -- often used in the plural; as, the values are well given, or well maintained.

7. Valor. [Written also valew.] [Obs.] --Spenser.

Value received, a phrase usually employed in a bill of exchange or a promissory note, to denote that a consideration has been given for it. --Bouvier.

Value

Val"ue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Valued; p. pr. & vb. n. Valuing.]

1. To estimate the value, or worth, of; to rate at a certain price; to appraise; to reckon with respect to number, power, importance, etc.

The mind doth value every moment. --Bacon.

The queen is valued thirty thousand strong. --Shak.

The king must take it ill, That he's so slightly valued in his messenger. --Shak.

Neither of them valued their promises according to rules of honor or integrity. --Clarendon.

2. To rate highly; to have in high esteem; to hold in respect and estimation; to appreciate; to prize; as, to value one for his works or his virtues.

Which of the dukes he values most. --Shak.

3. To raise to estimation; to cause to have value, either real or apparent; to enhance in value. [Obs.]

Some value themselves to their country by jealousies of the crown. --Sir W. Temple.

4. To be worth; to be equal to in value. [Obs.]

The peace between the French and us not values The cost that did conclude it. --Shak.

Syn: To compute; rate; appraise; esteem; respect; regard; estimate; prize; appreciate.
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Language Translation for : value
Spanish: valor, importancia,
German: der Wert,
Japanese: 価値
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value  (n.)
1303, from O.Fr. value "worth, value" (13c.), noun use of fem. pp. of valoir "be worth," from L. valere "be strong, be well, be of value" (see valiant). The meaning "social principle" is attested from 1918, supposedly borrowed from the language of painting. The verb is recorded from 1482. Valuable is attested from 1589. Value judgment (1892) is a loan-translation of Ger. Werturteil.
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Main Entry: val·ue
Pronunciation: 'val-yü
Function: noun
1 a : a fair return or equivalent in goods, services, or money for something exchanged value for the price> b : VALUABLE CONSIDERATION at, CONSIDERATION
2 : monetary worth; especially : MARKET VALUE —val·ue·less adjective

Main Entry: value
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: val·ued; valu·ing
: to estimate or determine the monetary value of
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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value val·ue (vāl'y&oomacr;)
n.

  1. A principle, standard, or quality considered worthwhile or desirable.
  2. An assigned or calculated numerical quantity.

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value   (vāl'y)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. Mathematics An assigned or calculated numerical quantity.
  2. The relative darkness or lightness of a color. Value measures where a color falls on an achromatic scale from white to black. Compare hue, saturation.

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value
brightness

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value

see at face value.

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