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Value or values may refer to:

Ethics and social[edit]

  • Value (ethics) wherein said concept may be construed as treating actions themselves as abstract objects, associating value to them
    • Values (Western philosophy) expands the notion of value beyond that of ethics, but limited to Western sources
  • Social imaginary is the set of values, institutions, laws, and symbols common to a particular social group

Economics[edit]

  • Value (economics), a measure of the benefit that may be gained from goods or service
    • Theory of value (economics), the study of the concept of economic value
    • Value (marketing), the difference between a customer’s evaluation of benefits and costs
    • Value investing, an investment paradigm
  • Values (heritage), the measure by which the cultural significance of heritage items is assessed
  • Present value
  • Present value of benefits

Business[edit]

  • Business value
  • Customer value proposition
  • Employee value proposition
  • Value (marketing)
  • Value proposition

Other uses[edit]

  • Value, also known as lightness or tone, a representation of variation in the perception of a color or color space’s brightness
  • Value (computer science), an expression that implies no further mathematical processing; a «normal form»
  • Value (mathematics), a property such as number assigned to or calculated for a variable, constant or expression
  • Value (semiotics), the significance, purpose and/or meaning of a symbol as determined or affected by other symbols
  • Note value, the relative duration of a musical note
  • Values (political party), a defunct New Zealand environmentalist political party

See also[edit]

  • Instrumental and intrinsic value
  • Value theory, a range of approaches to understanding how, why, and to what degree people value things


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val·ue

 (văl′yo͞o)

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. often values A principle or standard, as of behavior, that is considered important 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 A quantity or number expressed by an algebraic term.

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: I value your advice. 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).

adj.

1. Of or relating to the practice of investing in individual securities that, according to some fundamental measure, such as book value, appear to be relatively less expensive than comparable securities.

2. Relating to or consisting of principles or standards: a value system.


[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

(ˈvæljuː)

n

1. the desirability of a thing, often in respect of some property such as usefulness or exchangeability; worth, merit, or importance

2. an amount, esp a material or monetary one, considered to be a fair exchange in return for a thing; assigned valuation: the value of the picture is £10 000.

3. reasonable or equivalent return; satisfaction: value for money.

4. precise meaning or significance

5. (plural) the moral principles and beliefs or accepted standards of a person or social group: a person with old-fashioned values.

6. (Mathematics) maths

a. a particular magnitude, number, or amount: the value of the variable was 7.

b. the particular quantity that is the result of applying a function or operation for some given argument: the value of the function for x=3 was 9.

7. (Music, other) music short for time value

8. (Art Terms) (in painting, drawing, etc)

a. a gradation of tone from light to dark or of colour luminosity

b. the relation of one of these elements to another or to the whole picture

9. (Phonetics & Phonology) phonetics the quality or tone of the speech sound associated with a written character representing it: ‘g’ has the value dʒ in English ‘gem’.

vb (tr) , -ues, -uing or -ued

10. to assess or estimate the worth, merit, or desirability of; appraise

11. to have a high regard for, esp in respect of worth, usefulness, merit, etc; esteem or prize: to value freedom.

12. (foll by at) to fix the financial or material worth of (a unit of currency, work of art, etc): jewels valued at £40 000.

[C14: from Old French, from valoir, from Latin valēre to be worth, be strong]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

val•ue

(ˈvæl yu)

n., v. -ued, -u•ing. n.

1. relative worth or importance.

2. monetary or material worth, as in commerce.

3. the worth of something in terms of some medium of exchange.

4. equivalent worth in money, material, or services.

5. estimated or assigned worth.

6. denomination, as of a monetary issue.

7.

a. magnitude; quantity: the value of an angle.

b. a point in the range of a function: The value of x2 at 2 is 4.

8. import; the value of a word.

9. favorable regard.

10. Often, values. the abstract concepts of what is right, worthwhile, or desirable; principles or standards.

11. any object or quality desirable as a means or as an end in itself.

12.

a. degree of lightness or darkness in a color.

b. the relation of light and shade, as in a drawing.

13. the relative duration of a musical note as expressed by a particular notation symbol.

14. the phonetic equivalent of a letter or letters: the value of th in that.

v.t.

15. to calculate the monetary value of.

16. to consider with respect to worth or importance.

17. to esteem.

[1275–1325; Middle English < Old French valoir < Latin valēre to be worth]

Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

val·ue

(văl′yo͞o)

1. Mathematics An assigned or calculated numerical quantity.

2. The relative darkness or lightness of a color. See more at color.

The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

value

, chroma, hue — A color’s value is its brightness, its chroma is its strength, and its hue is its position in the spectrum.

See also related terms for hue.

Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

value

Past participle: valued
Gerund: valuing

Imperative
value
value
Present
I value
you value
he/she/it values
we value
you value
they value
Preterite
I valued
you valued
he/she/it valued
we valued
you valued
they valued
Present Continuous
I am valuing
you are valuing
he/she/it is valuing
we are valuing
you are valuing
they are valuing
Present Perfect
I have valued
you have valued
he/she/it has valued
we have valued
you have valued
they have valued
Past Continuous
I was valuing
you were valuing
he/she/it was valuing
we were valuing
you were valuing
they were valuing
Past Perfect
I had valued
you had valued
he/she/it had valued
we had valued
you had valued
they had valued
Future
I will value
you will value
he/she/it will value
we will value
you will value
they will value
Future Perfect
I will have valued
you will have valued
he/she/it will have valued
we will have valued
you will have valued
they will have valued
Future Continuous
I will be valuing
you will be valuing
he/she/it will be valuing
we will be valuing
you will be valuing
they will be valuing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been valuing
you have been valuing
he/she/it has been valuing
we have been valuing
you have been valuing
they have been valuing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been valuing
you will have been valuing
he/she/it will have been valuing
we will have been valuing
you will have been valuing
they will have been valuing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been valuing
you had been valuing
he/she/it had been valuing
we had been valuing
you had been valuing
they had been valuing
Conditional
I would value
you would value
he/she/it would value
we would value
you would value
they would value
Past Conditional
I would have valued
you would have valued
he/she/it would have valued
we would have valued
you would have valued
they would have valued

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun 1. value - a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computedvalue — a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed; «the value assigned was 16 milliseconds»

numerical quantity — a quantity expressed as a number

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 determinant

scale value — a value on some scale of measurement

parameter, argument — (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program

2. value — the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable; «the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world»

worth — the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful

invaluableness, pricelessness, valuableness, preciousness — the positive quality of being precious and beyond value

monetary value, price, cost — the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold); «the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver»; «he puts a high price on his services»; «he couldn’t calculate the cost of the collection»

toll, cost, price — value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something; «the cost in human life was enormous»; «the price of success is hard work»; «what price glory?»

richness — the quality of having high intrinsic value; «the richness of the mines and pastureland»; «the cut of her clothes and the richness of the fabric were distinctive»

importance — the quality of being important and worthy of note; «the importance of a well-balanced diet»

unimportance — the quality of not being important or worthy of note

national income — 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)

GNP, gross national product — former 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 product — the 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 value — the value of a security that is set by the company issuing it; unrelated to market value

book value — the value at which an asset is carried on a balance sheet; equals cost minus accumulated depreciation

market price, market value — the price at which buyers and sellers trade the item in an open marketplace

monetary standard, standard — the value behind the money in a monetary system

3. value - the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something elsevalue — 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»

economic value

quantity, measure, amount — how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

mess of pottage — anything of trivial value; «Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a mess of pottage»

premium — the amount that something in scarce supply is valued above its nominal value; «they paid a premium for access to water»

4. value — 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

color property — an attribute of color

lightness — having a light color

darkness — having a dark or somber color

5. value — (music) the relative duration of a musical note

note value, time value

music — an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

duration, continuance — the period of time during which something continues

6. value — an ideal accepted by some individual or group; «he has old-fashioned values»

ideal — the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain

introject — (psychoanalysis) parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child; the voice of conscience is usually a parent’s voice internalized

principle — a rule or standard especially of good behavior; «a man of principle»; «he will not violate his principles»

Verb 1. value — fix or determine the value of; assign a value to; «value the jewelry and art work in the estate»

overvalue, overestimate — assign too high a value to; «You are overestimating the value of your old car»

underestimate, undervalue — assign too low a value to; «Don’t underestimate the value of this heirloom-you may sell it at a good price»

float — allow (currencies) to fluctuate; «The government floated the ruble for a few months»

set, determine — fix conclusively or authoritatively; «set the rules»

2. value - hold dearvalue — hold dear; «I prize these old photographs»

prize, treasure, appreciate

do justice — show due and full appreciation; «The diners did the food and wine justice»

consider, regard, view, reckon, see — deem to be; «She views this quite differently from me»; «I consider her to be shallow»; «I don’t see the situation quite as negatively as you do»

recognise, recognize — show approval or appreciation of; «My work is not recognized by anybody!»; «The best student was recognized by the Dean»

3. value — regard highly; think much of; «I respect his judgement»; «We prize his creativity»

esteem, respect, prise, prize

consider, regard, view, reckon, see — deem to be; «She views this quite differently from me»; «I consider her to be shallow»; «I don’t see the situation quite as negatively as you do»

think the world of — esteem very highly; «She thinks the world of her adviser»

reverence, venerate, revere, fear — regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; «Fear God as your father»; «We venerate genius»

admire, look up to — feel admiration for

4. value - evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance ofvalue — evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; «I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional»; «access all the factors when taking a risk»

appraise, assess, evaluate, valuate, measure

grade, score, mark — assign a grade or rank to, according to one’s evaluation; «grade tests»; «score the SAT essays»; «mark homework»

rate, value — estimate the value of; «How would you rate his chances to become President?»; «Gold was rated highly among the Romans»

pass judgment, evaluate, judge — form a critical opinion of; «I cannot judge some works of modern art»; «How do you evaluate this grant proposal?» «We shouldn’t pass judgment on other people»

assess — estimate the value of (property) for taxation; «Our house hasn’t been assessed in years»

standardise, standardize — evaluate by comparing with a standard

reassess, reevaluate — revise or renew one’s assessment

censor — subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; «This magazine is censored by the government»

praise — express approval of; «The parents praised their children for their academic performance»

5. value — estimate the value of; «How would you rate his chances to become President?»; «Gold was rated highly among the Romans»

rate

revalue — value anew; «revalue the German Mark»

appraise, assess, evaluate, valuate, value, measure — evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; «I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional»; «access all the factors when taking a risk»

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

value

noun

1. importance, use, benefit, worth, merit, point, help, service, sense, profit, advantage, utility, significance, effectiveness, mileage (informal), practicality, usefulness, efficacy, desirability, serviceableness Studies are needed to see if these therapies have any value.
importance insignificance, uselessness, worthlessness, unimportance

plural noun

1. principles, morals, ethics, mores, standards of behaviour, code of behaviour, (moral) standards a return to traditional family values

verb

1. appreciate, rate, prize, regard highly, respect, admire, treasure, esteem, cherish, think much of, hold dear, have a high opinion of, set store by, hold in high regard or esteem Do you value your best friend enough?
appreciate underestimate, disregard, undervalue, have no time for, hold a low opinion of

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

value

noun

1. A measure of those qualities that determine merit, desirability, usefulness, or importance:

2. A level of superiority that is usually high:

3. That which is signified by a word or expression:

acceptation, connotation, denotation, import, intent, meaning, message, purport, sense, significance, significancy, signification.

verb

1. To make a judgment as to the worth or value of:

appraise, assay, assess, calculate, estimate, evaluate, gauge, judge, rate, size up, valuate.

2. To have a high opinion of:

3. To recognize the worth, quality, importance, or magnitude of:

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Translations

ثَمَنذات قيمة شِرائِيَّهطول النَّغَمَه الموسيقيَّهقيمةقِيمَة

hodnotaocenitprotihodnotaužitečnostcena

værdiværdsættevalutavurderepris

väärtus

arvoarvioida

vrijednost

becsülértékértékelértékrendfontosság

gildigildi; mikilvægi; gagnsemilengdargildimetarétt verî; góî kaup

価値

가치

branginamaskainą atitinkanti prekėpridėtosios vertės mokestisvertėvertybės

cenailgumslabas kvalitātes precenovērtētvērtēt

protihodnota

vrednostvrednotacenacenitioceniti

värdevärdera

คุณค่า

giá trị

value

[ˈvæljuː]

A. N

4. (Math, Mus, Gram) → valor m
what is the value of x when y is 5?¿qué valor tiene x cuando y es igual a 5?

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

value

[ˈvæljuː]

n

(= importance, usefulness) → valeur f

(= financial worth) → valeur f
to fall in value [currency, property] → se déprécier
to lose value [currency, property] → perdre de sa valeur, se déprécier
to go down in value [currency, property] → se déprécier
to go down in value by … → se déprécier de
to increase in value, to go up in value, to gain in value [currency,] → s’apprécier; [property] → prendre de la valeur, s’apprécier
to gain in value by … → s’apprécier de …
Their house has gained in value by 20 per cent → La valeur de leur maison s’est appréciée de 20 pour cent.

(= value for money) to be good value, to be good value for money → être d’un bon rapport qualité-prix
to offer good value → offrir un bon rapport qualité-prix
to be bad value → être d’un rapport qualité-prix médiocre
to get good value for money → en avoir pour son argent
You get good value for money in that shop → Vous en avez pour votre argent dans ce magasin.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

value


value

:

value date

n (esp Brit Fin) → Verbuchungsdatum nt; (of a cheque) → Eingangsdatum nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

value

[ˈvæljuː]

1. n

b. values npl (principles) → valori mpl

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

value

(ˈvӕljuː) noun

1. worth, importance or usefulness. His special knowledge was of great value during the war; She sets little value on wealth.

2. price. What is the value of that stamp?

3. purchasing power. Are those coins of any value?

4. fairness of exchange (for one’s money etc). You get good value for money at this supermarket!

5. the length of a musical note.

verb

1. to suggest a suitable price for. This painting has been valued at $50,000.

2. to regard as good or important. He values your advice very highly.

ˈvaluable adjective

having high value. a valuable painting.

ˈvaluables noun plural

things of special value. She keeps her jewellery and other valuables in a locked drawer.

ˈvalued adjective

regarded as valuable or precious. What is your most valued possession?

ˈvalueless adjective

having no value; worthless. The necklace is completely valueless.

ˈvalues noun plural

standards or principles. People have very different moral values.

value-ˈadded tax noun

(abbreviation VAT) a tax that is imposed on goods and services.

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

value

قِيمَة užitečnost værdi Wert αξία valor arvo valeur vrijednost valore 価値 가치 waarde verdi wartość valor ценность värde คุณค่า değer giá trị 价值

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

value

n valor m; nutritional — valor nutritivo; the patient’s values..los valores del paciente

English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Britannica Dictionary definition of VALUE

:

the amount of money that something is worth

:

the price or cost of something

[noncount]

  • The company’s stock continues to decline/decrease/drop in value.

  • Real estate prices have doubled in value over the last decade.

  • The difference in value between the two currencies is not significant.

  • You may exchange the item for something of equal value.

  • We sold the home for less than its full value.

  • The reproductions of the paintings have little or no value. [=they are worth little or no money]

  • These antiques will acquire more value [=they will become more valuable/expensive] over time.

[count]

  • an increase in the value of the dollar

  • The home has a value of $1,000,000.

  • Property values tend to rise as interest rates fall.




see also book value, market value

:

something that can be bought for a low or fair price

[count]

  • The store advertises great values.

  • They recommend the car as a good value (for the/your money).

[noncount]

  • (Brit) The new store offers value for money. [=you can buy a lot with your money at the store]

:

usefulness or importance

[noncount]

  • No one can deny the value of a good education.

  • The broccoli adds color and nutritional value to the dish.

  • The program’s educational value was questioned.

  • a document of great historical value

[count]

  • A lot of teenagers place a high value on being popular. [=they believe that being popular is very important]

[noncount]

:

importance or interest of a particular kind

  • Few sports have greater entertainment value [=few sports are more entertaining] than figure skating.

  • He uses offensive language for (its) shock value. [=in order to shock people]

  • The picture has sentimental value for me. [=it reminds me of happy times in the past]

[count]

:

a strongly held belief about what is valuable, important, or acceptable

usually plural

  • cultural/moral/religious values

  • traditional/conservative/liberal values

  • Her values were very different from mine.

  • America was founded on the values of freedom and justice for all.

[count]

mathematics

:

a mathematical quantity that is represented by a letter

  • If x + 3 = 5, what is the value of x?

of value

:

having value

:

worth a lot of money

  • The burglars stole everything of value in my apartment.

  • We lost a few possessions, but nothing of (real) value.

:

useful or important

  • They didn’t have anything of value to say. [=what they were saying wasn’t very important]

Britannica Dictionary definition of VALUE

[+ object]

:

to make a judgment about the amount of money that something is worth

usually + at

  • The agent/appraiser valued the estate at $3.4 million.

usually used as (be) valued

  • The necklace was valued at $250.

:

to think that (someone or something) is important or useful

  • She values the time she spends with her family.

  • He values her advice/opinions.

  • The items/objects are highly valued by collectors.

  • The herbs are valued for their medicinal properties.

— valued

adjective

[more valued; most valued]

  • She’s a valued [=valuable] member of the staff.

  • We wish to thank our valued customers.

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • valew (in the sense of “valour”)

Etymology[edit]

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).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • enPR: văl’ū, IPA(key): /ˈvæl.juː/
  • Hyphenation: val‧ue
  • Rhymes: -æljuː

Noun[edit]

value (countable and uncountable, plural values)

  1. The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.

    The Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world.

    Synonyms: worth; see also Thesaurus:value
    • 2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:

      United were value for their win and Rooney could have had a hat-trick before half-time, with Paul Scholes also striking the post in the second half.

  2. (uncountable) The degree of importance given to something.

    The value of my children’s happiness is second only to that of my wife.

    • 2016 October 16, “Third Parties”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 26, HBO:

      Okay, for the record, and this is probably obvious, those three departments do actually do things of value, assuming that you find Pell grants, mortgage insurance, low-income housing programs, the National Weather Service, the Patent and Trademark Office, and the Census Bureau to be of some value. And if it comes as news to you that that’s what those departments do, well then, hi Gary, I’m excited you’re watching the show. Uh, quick piece of advice, please stop trying to fuck mountains!

  3. That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one’s morals, morality, or belief system.
    He does not share his parents’ values.
    family values
    • 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:

      WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, […]. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west’s professed values and actual foreign policies.

  4. The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.
    • 1825, John Ramsay McCulloch, Principles of Political Economy
      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.
    • 1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, John Dryden, transl., De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, [], London: [] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, [], →OCLC:

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

    • 2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:

      Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.

  5. (music) The relative duration of a musical note.
  6. (art) The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.
    • 2006, Edith Anderson Feisner, Colour: How to Use Colour in Art and Design
      When pigments of equal value are mixed together, the resulting color will be a darker value. This is the result of subtraction.
    • 2010, Rose Edin and Dee Jepsen, Color Harmonies: Paint Watercolors Filled with Light
      Shadows and light move very quickly when you are painting on location. Use Cobalt Blue to quickly establish the painting’s values.
  7. (mathematics, physics) Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined.

    The exact value of pi cannot be represented in decimal notation.

  8. Precise meaning; import.

    the value of a word; the value of a legal instrument

    • 1784-1810, William Mitford, The History of Greece
      Yet that learned and diligent annotator has , in a following note , shown his sense of the value of a passage of Livy , marking , in a few words , most strongly the desolation of Italy under the Roman republic
  9. (in the plural) The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treating a mass or compound; specifically, the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, etc.

    The vein carries good values.

    the values on the hanging walls

  10. (obsolete) Esteem; regard.
    • 1724, [Gilbert] Burnet, [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], editor, Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. [], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: [] Thomas Ward [], →OCLC:

      My relation to the person was so near, and my value for him so great.
  11. (obsolete) Valour; also spelled valew.
    • And him with equall valew countervayld

Synonyms[edit]

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Hyponyms[edit]

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  • added value
  • economic value
  • face value
  • intrinsic value
  • lvalue
  • market value
  • note value
  • par value
  • rvalue
  • time value

Derived terms[edit]

  • key-value
  • valuable
  • valueless
  • valueness

Translations[edit]

quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable

  • Albanian: vlerë (sq) f
  • Arabic: قِيمَة‎ f (qīma)
  • Armenian: արժեք (hy) (aržekʿ)
  • Azerbaijani: dəyər (az), qiymət (az)
  • Bashkir: ҡәҙер (qäðer), ҡиммәт (qimmät)
  • Basque: balio (eu)
  • Belarusian: кашто́ўнасць f (kaštóŭnascʹ), цэ́ннасць f (cénnascʹ), ва́ртасць (be) f (vártascʹ), кошт m (košt)
  • Bengali: মূল্য (bn) (mullo)
  • Bulgarian: це́нност (bg) f (cénnost), сто́йност (bg) f (stójnost)
  • Burmese: အဖိုး (my) (a.hpui:)
  • Catalan: valor (ca)
  • Chinese:
    Cantonese: 價值价值 (gaa3 zik6)
    Dungan: җяҗы (ži͡ažɨ)
    Mandarin: 價值价值 (zh) (jiàzhí)
  • Czech: hodnota (cs) f
  • Danish: værdi c
  • Dutch: waarde (nl) f
  • Esperanto: valoro
  • Estonian: väärtus
  • Finnish: arvo (fi)
  • French: valeur (fr) f
  • Friulian: valôr m
  • Galician: valor (gl) m
  • Georgian: ღირებულება (ɣirebuleba), ფასეულობა (paseuloba)
  • German: Wert (de) m
  • Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸 n (wairþ)
  • Greek: αξία (el) f (axía)
  • Haitian Creole: valè
  • Hebrew: עֵרֶך (he) m (érekh)
  • Hindi: मूल्य (hi) m (mūlya), क़ीमत f (qīmat), क़द्र f (qadra)
  • Icelandic: gildi n, mikilvægi n, gagnsemi (is) f
  • Irish: luach m
  • Italian: valore (it) m
  • Japanese: 価値 (ja) (かち, kachi)
  • Kazakh: мән (män), құндылық (qūndylyq), бағалылық (bağalylyq)
  • Khmer: តម្លៃ (km) (tɑmlay)
  • Korean: 가치(價値) (ko) (gachi)
  • Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: biha (ku), nirx (ku), qîmet (ku)
  • Kyrgyz: баалуулук (ky) (baaluuluk), маани (ky) (maani)
  • Lao: ຄ່າ (lo) (khā), ຄຸນຄ່າ (khun khā)
  • Latin: pretium n, valor (la) m
  • Latvian: vērtība f
  • Lithuanian: vertė (lt) f
  • Macedonian: вредност f (vrednost)
  • Malay: nilai
  • Malayalam: മൂല്യം (ml) (mūlyaṃ)
  • Maori: uaratanga, wāriu
  • Marathi: मूल्य (mr) n (mūlya)
  • Mongolian:
    Cyrillic: өртөг (mn) (örtög)
    Mongolian: ᠥᠷᠲᠡᠭ (örteg)
  • Norman: valeu f
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: verd (no) n, verdi (no) m
  • Occitan: valor (oc)
  • Old English: weorþ n
  • Papiamentu: balor
  • Pashto: ارزش‎ m (arzeš), ارزښت (ps) m (arzᶕӽt), بها (ps) f (bahā), قيمت (ps) m (qimat)
  • Persian: ارزش (fa) (arzeš), بها (fa) (bahâ), اخش(axš), قیمت (fa) (qeymat)
  • Plautdietsch: Wieet m
  • Polish: wartość (pl) f
  • Portuguese: valor (pt) m, valia (pt) f
  • Quechua: chanin
  • Romanian: valoare (ro) f
  • Romansch: valur m, valour m, valeta f, valita f
  • Russian: це́нность (ru) f (cénnostʹ), сто́имость (ru) f (stóimostʹ)
  • Sardinian: balore m, valore m
  • Scottish Gaelic: fiach m, luach m
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: вре́дно̄ст f, врије́дно̄ст f, вридност f (Chakavian, Ikavian)
    Roman: vrédnōst (sh) f, vrijédnōst (sh) f, vridnost f (Chakavian, Ikavian)
  • Sicilian: valuri (scn) m
  • Slovak: hodnota (sk) f
  • Slovene: vrednost (sl) f
  • Somali: qiimo
  • Spanish: valor (es) m
  • Swahili: thamani (sw)
  • Swedish: värde (sv) n
  • Tajik: арзиш (tg) (arziš), қимат (qimat), баҳо (baho)
  • Tatar: кыйммәт (qıymmät), кадер (tt) (qader)
  • Telugu: విలువ (te) (viluva)
  • Thai: ค่า (th) (kâa), คุณค่า (th) (kun-kâa)
  • Turkish: değer (tr), kıymet (tr)
  • Turkmen: baha (tk), nyrh
  • Ukrainian: ці́нність (uk) f (cínnistʹ), ва́ртість (uk) f (vártistʹ), кошт m (košt)
  • Urdu: قیمت‎ f (qīmat)
  • Uyghur: قىممەت(qimmet), باھا(baha)
  • Uzbek: qiymat (uz), baho (uz), narx (uz)
  • Vietnamese: giá trị (vi) (價值)

degree of importance given to something

  • Armenian: արժեք (hy) (aržekʿ)
  • Azerbaijani: dəyər (az)
  • Bashkir: ҡәҙер (qäðer), ҡиммәт (qimmät)
  • Bulgarian: важност (bg) f (važnost)
  • Catalan: valor (ca) m or f
  • Danish: værd n
  • Dutch: belang (nl)
  • Estonian: väärtus
  • Finnish: painoarvo (fi), arvo (fi)
  • French: valeur (fr) m
  • Georgian: ღირებულება (ɣirebuleba), მნიშვნელობა (mnišvneloba)
  • German: Wert (de) m, Wichtigkeit (de) f
  • Greek: αξία (el) f (axía)
  • Hebrew: עֵרֶך (he) m (érekh)
  • Hindi: मूल्य (hi) m (mūlya), क़द्र f (qadra)
  • Hungarian: jelentőség (hu), fontosság (hu)
  • Irish: fiúntas m
  • Macedonian: значење n (značenje), важност f (važnost)
  • Malay: nilai
  • Malayalam: വില (ml) (vila)
  • Marathi: मूल्य (mr) n (mūlya)
  • Norman: valeu f
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: betydning (no) c, verdi (no) m
  • Old English: weorþ n
  • Persian: ارزش (fa) (arzeš)
  • Polish: wartość (pl) f, znaczenie (pl) n
  • Portuguese: apreço (pt) m
  • Russian: значе́ние (ru) n (značénije), ва́жность (ru) f (vážnostʹ), це́нность (ru) f (cénnostʹ)
  • Scottish Gaelic: fiach m, luach m
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: ва́жно̄ст f, зна̏ча̄ј m, вре́дно̄ст f, врије́дно̄ст f, вридност f (Chakavian, Ikavian)
    Roman: vážnōst (sh) f, znȁčāj (sh) m, vrédnōst (sh) f, vrijédnōst (sh) f, vridnost f (Chakavian, Ikavian)
  • Spanish: valor (es) m, importancia (es) f
  • Swahili: thamani (sw)
  • Swedish: värde (sv) n
  • Thai: คุณค่า (th) (kun-kâa)
  • Turkish: değer (tr), kıymet (tr); ehemmiyet (tr) (obsolescent), önem (tr)
  • Ukrainian: зна́чення (uk) n (znáčennja)

amount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else

  • Armenian: գին (hy) (gin)
  • Azerbaijani: dəyər (az)
  • Bashkir: ҡиммәт (qimmät)
  • Belarusian: кошт m (košt)
  • Bulgarian: цена (bg) f (cena)
  • Catalan: valor (ca) m or f
  • Cherokee: ᏧᎬᏩᎶᏗ (tsugvwalodi)
  • Danish: værdi c
  • Dutch: waarde (nl)
  • Esperanto: valoro
  • Estonian: väärtus
  • Finnish: hinta-laatusuhde (fi), hinta–laatu-suhde
  • French: valeur (fr) f
  • Georgian: ფასი (pasi), ღირებულება (ɣirebuleba)
  • German: Wert (de) m
  • Greek: αξία (el) f (axía)
  • Hebrew: עֵרֶך (he) m (érekh)
  • Hindi: मूल्य (hi) m (mūlya), क़ीमत f (qīmat), कीमत (hi) f (kīmat)
  • Hungarian: érték (hu)
  • Icelandic: verðgildi n
  • Irish: luach m
  • Italian: valore (it) m
  • Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: نرخ (ckb) (nirx)
  • Latin: pretium n
  • Latvian: vērtība f
  • Macedonian: вредност f (vrednost)
  • Malay: nilai
  • Malayalam: വില (ml) (vila), മൂല്യം (ml) (mūlyaṃ)
  • Maori: wāriu
  • Marathi: मूल्य (mr) n (mūlya), किंमत f (kimmat)
  • Norman: valeu f
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: pris (no) m, verdi (no) m
  • Old English: weorþ n
  • Persian: ارزش (fa) (arzeš), بها (fa) (bahâ)
  • Polish: wartość (pl) f, cena (pl) f, koszt (pl) m
  • Portuguese: valor (pt) m
  • Russian: цена́ (ru) f (cená), сто́имость (ru) f (stóimostʹ), це́нность (ru) f (cénnostʹ)
  • Scottish Gaelic: fiach m, luach m
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: вредност f, вриједност f, цена f
    Roman: vrednost (sh) f, vrijednost (sh) f, cena (sh) f
  • Slovene: cena (sl) f (as in cost), vrednost (sl) f
  • Spanish: valor (es) m
  • Swahili: thamani (sw)
  • Swedish: värde (sv) n
  • Thai: มูลค่า (th) (muun-lá-kâa), ราคา (th) (raa-kaa)
  • Turkish: değer (tr), kıymet (tr)
  • Ukrainian: ціна́ (uk) f (ciná), ва́ртість (uk) f (vártistʹ), кошт m (košt)
  • West Frisian: djoerst n

relative duration of a musical note

  • Bashkir: оҙонлоҡ (oðonloq)
  • Bulgarian: продължителност (bg) f (prodǎlžitelnost)
  • Catalan: valor (ca) m or f
  • Estonian: vältus
  • Finnish: aika-arvo
  • French: valeur (fr) f
  • German: Notenwert m, Wert (de) m
  • Hungarian: érték (hu)
  • Icelandic: lengdargildi n
  • Macedonian: траење n (traenje), времетраење n (vremetraenje)
  • Malay: nilai
  • Norman: valeu f
  • Polish: wartość (pl) f
  • Portuguese: valor (pt) m
  • Russian: дли́тельность (ru) f (dlítelʹnostʹ)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: вре́дно̄ст f, врије́дно̄ст f, вридност f (Chakavian, Ikavian)
    Roman: vrédnōst (sh) f, vrijédnōst (sh) f, vridnost f (Chakavian, Ikavian)
  • Swedish: värde (sv) n, notvärde n
  • Turkish: nota değeri

numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed

  • Armenian: մեծություն (hy) (mecutʿyun)
  • Bulgarian: сто́йност (bg) f (stójnost)
  • Catalan: valor (ca) m or f
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin:  (zh) (zhí)
  • Czech: hodnota (cs) f
  • Danish: værdi c
  • Dutch: waarde (nl)
  • Esperanto: valoro
  • Estonian: väärtus
  • Finnish: arvo (fi)
  • French: valeur (fr) f
  • Georgian: მნიშვნელობა (mnišvneloba)
  • German: Wert (de) m
  • Greek: τιμή (el) f (timí)
  • Haitian Creole: valè
  • Hebrew: עֵרֶך (he) m (érekh)
  • Hindi: मिकदार (hi) m (mikdār)
  • Hungarian: érték (hu)
  • Irish: méid (ga) f
  • Italian: valore (it) m
  • Japanese:  (ja) (あたい, atai)
  • Kazakh: мән (män)
  • Latvian: vērtība f
  • Macedonian: износ f (iznos)
  • Malay: nilai
  • Norman: valeu f
  • Persian: مقدار (fa) (meqdâr)
  • Polish: wartość (pl) f
  • Portuguese: valor (pt) m
  • Romanian: valoare (ro) f
  • Russian: значе́ние (ru) n (značénije), значе́ние переме́нной n (značénije pereménnoj)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: вре́дно̄ст f, врије́дно̄ст f, вридност f (Chakavian, Ikavian)
    Roman: vrédnōst (sh) f, vrijédnōst (sh) f, vridnost f (Chakavian, Ikavian)
  • Spanish: valor (es) m
  • Swedish: värde (sv) n
  • Turkish: değer (tr)

ideal accepted by some individual or group

  • Armenian: արժեք (hy) (aržekʿ)
  • Danish: værdi c
  • Dutch: waarde (nl)
  • Estonian: väärtused pl
  • Finnish: arvo (fi)
  • French: valeur (fr) f
  • German: Werte (de) m pl
  • Greek: αξία (el) f (axía)
  • Hebrew: עֵרֶך (he) m (érekh)
  • Hungarian: értékrend (hu)
  • Icelandic: gildi n
  • Italian: valore (it) m
  • Japanese: 価値観 (ja) (かちかん, kachikan)
  • Latvian: vērtība f
  • Macedonian: вредност f (vrednost)
  • Malay: nilai
  • Malayalam: മൂല്യം (ml) (mūlyaṃ)
  • Marathi: मूल्य (mr) n (mūlya)
  • Norman: valeu f
  • Persian: ارزش (fa) (arzeš)
  • Polish: wartość (pl) f
  • Portuguese: valor (pt) m, ideal (pt) m
  • Romanian: valoare (ro) f
  • Russian: це́нность (ru) f (cénnostʹ)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: вре́дно̄ст f, врије́дно̄ст f, вридност f (Chakavian, Ikavian), вредно̀та f, вриједно̀та f
    Roman: vrédnōst (sh) f, vrijédnōst (sh) f, vridnost f (Chakavian, Ikavian), vrednòta (sh) f, vrijednòta f
  • Slovene: vrednota f
  • Spanish: valor (es) m
  • Swedish: värde (sv) n
  • Thai: ค่านิยม (th) (kâa-ní-yom)
  • Turkish: değerler (tr) pl

Translations to be checked

  • Afrikaans: (please verify) waardeer
  • Albanian: (please verify) vlerë (sq)
  • Azerbaijani: (please verify) qiymət (az)
  • Basque: (please verify) balio (eu)
  • Dutch: (please verify) waarde (nl)
  • Esperanto: (please verify) valoro
  • Georgian: (please verify) ფასი (pasi)
  • Hindi: (please verify) upayogita
  • Indonesian: (please verify) nilai (id)
  • Italian: (please verify) valore (it)
  • Latvian: (please verify) vērtība
  • Lithuanian: (please verify) vertė (lt)
  • Persian: (please verify) ارزش (fa)
  • Romanian: (please verify) valoare (ro)
  • Slovak: (please verify) cena (sk)
  • Spanish: (please verify) valor (es)
  • Sranan Tongo: (please verify) gi-grani
  • Swahili: (please verify) bao (sw)
  • Tagalog: (please verify) halaga (tl)
  • Tamil: (please verify) madippu
  • Thai: (please verify) มูลค่า (th) (moon kâa)
  • Ukrainian: (please verify) оці́нювати (ocínjuvaty)
  • Uyghur: (please verify) qimmiti
  • Welsh: (please verify) gwerth (cy)
  • Yiddish: (please verify) vert
  • Yucatec Maya: (please verify) baler

Verb[edit]

value (third-person singular simple present values, present participle valuing, simple past and past participle valued)

  1. To estimate the value of; judge the worth of something.
    • 2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:

      Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. [] But as a foundation for analysis it is highly subjective: it rests on difficult decisions about what counts as a territory, what counts as output and how to value it. Indeed, economists are still tweaking it.

    I will have the family jewels valued by a professional.

  2. To fix or determine the value of; assign a value to, as of jewelry or art work.
  3. To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon.

    Gold was valued highly among the Romans.

  4. To hold dear.

    I value these old photographs.

Synonyms[edit]

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  • appreciate
  • assess
  • esteem
  • prize
  • rate
  • respect
  • treasure
  • valuate
  • worthen

Antonyms[edit]

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  • belittle
  • derogate
  • despise
  • disesteem
  • disrespect
  • undervalue

Translations[edit]

to estimate the value of

  • Bulgarian: оценявам (bg) (ocenjavam)
  • Czech: ocenit (cs)
  • Danish: vurdere, værdsætte
  • Finnish: arvioida (fi)
  • French: évaluer (fr)
  • Georgian: აფასებს (apasebs), შეფასება (šepaseba) (verbal noun)
  • German: schätzen (de)
  • Hebrew: העריך(he’eríkh)
  • Irish: luacháil
  • Italian: valutare (it), stimare (it)
  • Japanese: 評価する (ja) (hyōka suru)
  • Latin: aestimō (la), taxō (la)
  • Latvian: novērtēt, vērtēt
  • Malay: dinilai
  • Maori: wāriu
  • Norwegian: verdsette, taksere
  • Persian: ارزشگذاری (fa) (arzešgozâri)
  • Polish: wycenić (pl), wyceniać (pl)
  • Portuguese: valorar
  • Quechua: chaniy
  • Russian: оце́нивать (ru) impf (océnivatʹ), оцени́ть (ru) pf (ocenítʹ)
  • Serbo-Croatian: vrednovati (sh), valorizirati (sh)
  • Spanish: valorar (es), cifrar (es)
  • Swedish: värdera (sv)
  • Telugu: వెలకట్టు (velakaṭṭu)

to fix or determine the value of

  • Bulgarian: оценявам (bg) (ocenjavam)
  • Danish: vurdere
  • Finnish: arvioida (fi), määrittää arvo
  • French: valoriser (fr)
  • Georgian: აფასებს (apasebs), შეფასება (šepaseba) (verbal noun)
  • Irish: luacháil
  • Italian: computare (it)
  • Maori: wāriu, wāriu
  • Norwegian: vurdere (no), verdsette
  • Polish: wycenić (pl), wyceniać (pl)
  • Portuguese: valorar
  • Russian: оце́нивать (ru) impf (océnivatʹ), оцени́ть (ru) pf (ocenítʹ)
  • Serbo-Croatian: vrednovati (sh), valorizirati (sh)
  • Spanish: valorar (es), cifrar (es)
  • Swedish: värdera (sv)

to regard highly

  • Bulgarian: ценя (bg) (cenja)
  • Czech: považovat (cs), vážit si (cs)
  • Danish: skatte
  • Esperanto: alttaksi, valori
  • Finnish: arvostaa (fi), pitää arvossa
  • German: schätzen (de)
  • Hebrew: העריך(he’eríkh)
  • Hungarian: becsül (hu), értékel (hu)
  • Italian: apprezzare (it), tenere in gran conto
  • Japanese: 重視する (ja) (jūshi suru)
  • Latin: dīligō
  • Malay: hargai
  • Maori: matapopore, kaingākau, kaingākaunui, whakamaioha
  • Norwegian: verdsette, skatte
  • Polish: cenić (pl)
  • Portuguese: valorizar (pt)
  • Russian: цени́ть (ru) impf (cenítʹ)
  • Serbo-Croatian: vrednovati (sh), cijeniti (sh), ceniti (sh)
  • Spanish: valorar (es)
  • Swedish: värdera (sv)

to hold dear

  • Czech: cenit si
  • Danish: skatte
  • Esperanto: valori
  • Finnish: arvostaa (fi), pitää arvossa
  • Georgian: აფასებს (apasebs), დააფასებს (daapasebs), დაფასება (dapaseba) (verbal noun)
  • Italian: apprezzare (it), valorizzare (it)
  • Maori: whakamaioha
  • Norwegian: sette pris på, verdsette
  • Persian: ارج نهادن(arj nahâdan)
  • Polish: cenić (pl)
  • Portuguese: valorizar (pt), apreciar (pt)
  • Russian: цени́ть (ru) impf (cenítʹ), дорожи́ть (ru) impf (dorožítʹ)
  • Serbo-Croatian: cijeniti (sh), ceniti (sh)
  • Spanish: apreciar (es)
  • Swedish: värdera (sv)

See also[edit]

  • value system

References[edit]

  • value at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • value in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
  • value in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • “value”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams[edit]

  • uveal

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Participle[edit]

value f sg

  1. feminine singular of the past participle of valoir

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • valew

Etymology[edit]

From Old French value.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaliu̯/

Noun[edit]

value (uncountable)

  1. Material or monetary worth.

Descendants[edit]

  • English: value
  • Yola: vallert

References[edit]

  • “valū(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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