value

value
val|ue1 W1S3 [ˈvælju:] n
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1¦(money)¦
2¦(worth the money paid)¦
3¦(importance/usefulness)¦
4 of value
5¦(interesting quality)¦
6¦(ideas)¦
7¦(amount)¦
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[Date: 1300-1400; : Old French; Origin: Vulgar Latin valuta, from Latin valere; VALOR]
1.) ¦(MONEY)¦ [U and C]
the amount of money that something is worth
value of
▪ The alterations doubled the value of the house.
▪ The dollar has been steadily increasing in value .
▪ The share price has continued to fall in value over the past week.
▪ It's a beautiful carpet - it should hold its value .
▪ Spices had a high value in proportion to their weight.
▪ low value household products
▪ a mortgage that is larger than the market value of your house
▪ Police seized drugs with a street value of £2.5 million.
2.) ¦(WORTH THE MONEY PAID)¦ [U and C]
used to say that something is worth what you pay for it, or not worth what you pay for it
good/poor value (for money)
BrE a good/poor value AmE
▪ The lunch special is really good value.
▪ At only £45 a night, the hotel is great value for money.
value for money
BrE (=good value, or the quality of being good value)
▪ Every customer is looking for value for money.
3.) ¦(IMPORTANCE/USEFULNESS)¦[U]
the importance or usefulness of something
value of
▪ A group of athletes spoke to the students about the value of a college education.
▪ the nutritional value of cereal
be of great/little value
▪ His research has been of little practical value.
place/put a high value on sth
▪ The Sioux Indians placed a high value on generosity.
▪ The locket has great sentimental value (=importance because it was a gift, it reminds you of someone etc) .
4.) of value
a) worth a lot of money
▪ The thieves took nothing of value.
b) useful
▪ I hope this book will be of value to both teachers and students.
5.) ¦(INTERESTING QUALITY)¦
shock/curiosity/novelty etc value
a good or interesting quality that something has because it is surprising, different, new etc
▪ After the initial curiosity value, the product's sales dropped considerably.
6.) ¦(IDEAS)¦
values [plural]
your ideas about what is right and wrong, or what is important in life
▪ a return to traditional values
▪ Your attitudes about sex are affected by your religious and moral values .
7.) ¦(AMOUNT)¦ technical
a mathematical quantity shown by a letter of the alphabet or sign
▪ Let x have the value 25.
see usage note ↑worth1
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
increase/rise/go up in value
drop/fall/go down/decrease in value
hold its value (=continue to be worth the same amount)
high/low value
market value (=the amount that something can be bought or sold for)
street value (=how much people pay on the street to buy illegal drugs)
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value 2
value2 v [T]
1.) to think that someone or something is important
▪ Shelly valued her privacy.
value sb/sth for sth
▪ Mr. Yeo valued Jan for her hard work.
2.) [usually passive]
to decide how much money something is worth, by comparing it with similar things
▪ We decided to get the house valued.
value sth at sth
▪ Paintings valued at over $200,000 were stolen from her home.
>valued adj
▪ a valued friend

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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