Definition of value in English:

value

nounPlural values ˈvaljuːˈvælju

1mass noun The regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something.
your support is of great value
Example sentencesExamples
- This information is useful in understanding the effectiveness and value of activities.
- The clear manner in which this material is presented adds value to the novel.
- In journals, writers record their experiences and reflect on their value or importance.
- This does not mean that it has no practical value - it is very useful.
- Professional psychology has always emphasized the value of respecting privacy.
- In recent times the skill of the statesman has not been seen as a skill of great value or importance.
- In addition, contractors need to understand the importance and value placed on the trees.
- Pamela caused an unprecedented stir, exciting something like a national argument about the purposes and value of fiction.
- Wooden furniture units were the hottest items on the list, and were valued for their good looks as well as their utilitarian value.
- Attempts to measure freedom are notoriously complicated, as are attempts to assign an intrinsic value to freedom as such.
- This place gives everyone a feeling of value and worth.
- When made of precious stones, pyramids gain value as ornaments, and are valued as decorative pieces as well.
- I believe we need to recognise that some of the collections in Auckland are of national importance and value to the whole nation.
- If you can see the value or potential value of a practice, continue it.
- I have a strong regard for the ultimate value of truth and honour.
- Kelly also emphasises the importance and value of getting players together.
- By philosophy of education, I mean a vision for the purpose and value of education.
- But compassion begins in honesty, in the recognition that all human beings are of equal value and importance.
- Jenny says if services do grind to a halt for a day it will at least demonstrate the importance and value of the work council staff do.
- Her value and her importance is not centered around her ability to bear and raise children.
- The value and importance of housing independence and stability cannot be overstated.
- The United Nations had proven its worth by proving its value to Washington.
- While the statue had some commercial value, its real value was in the artistic merit it contained.
- None of these concerns should diminish the importance and value of this volume.
Synonyms
merit, worth, usefulness, use, utility, practicality, advantage, desirability, benefit, gain, profit, good, service, help, helpfulness, assistance, effectiveness, efficacy, avail, importance, significance, point, sense
informal mileage
1. 1.1 The material or monetary worth of something.
  prints seldom rise in value
  count noun equipment is included up to a total value of £500
  Example sentencesExamples
  He could not attach monetary value to the loss caused by the strike as no calculations hade been made yet.
  Another car buying issue that is of equal importance is the residual value of a car after its purchase.
  Yes, the artefacts recovered are of historic significance, but it would be foolish to pretend they have no monetary value.
  Municipalities would set their own tax rates once they had determined the market value of properties in their areas.
  Art, on the other hand, seems to have no upper limit of monetary value.
  Nobody chose to collect anything of great monetary value.
  Each authority will end up with separate contracts and their total value will be worth more than £100m a year.
  The appraisal submitted by the plaintiffs estimates the fair market value of this property in March 1991 at $300,000.
  Waste can be defined as any material lacking direct value to the producer and so must be disposed of.
  Consider this an asset sale, priced at the cost of the estimated market value of the land.
  Page said she's more interested in what she can learn about the books than in their monetary value.
  History When a fine wine is allowed to age spectacular changes can occur which increase both its complexity and monetary value.
  Entire populations of magnificent birds of paradise were murdered for the monetary value of their plumes.
  Trees can greatly increase the resale value of property, and even save you on energy costs.
  Monetary value and new technology are also subjects seldom touched on in books on art history, and we should welcome their inclusion here.
  If she wins the national award, the total value of her prize will rise to over £25,000.
  Analysts believe the company's true value lies between 45-55 cent a share.
  The total value of the three contracts will be worth in excess of £100 million annually.
  This figure is based on the supposed monetary value of the music files copied, not on actual loss of revenues to the industry.
  These are financial instruments that rise in value as the market falls, enabling the holder to make up for losses on an orthodox share portfolio.
  The value of your estate for probate purposes includes the value of any real property less any mortgages on that property.
  This is not based on the actual market value of the property but on the value given for tax purposes.
  Synonyms
  price, cost, worth
  market price, selling price, asking price, monetary value, face value
2. 1.2 The worth of something compared to the price paid or asked for it.
  at £12.50 the book is good value
  count noun the wine represents a good value for $17.95
  Example sentencesExamples
  Our bill came to £13.80 for two main courses, a dessert and drinks - which is good value in anybody's book.
  You get what you pay for, and if you buy this card you'll get above average performance and good value for the price.
  The bill came to £40.80, which also included three and a half pints of lager and a gin and tonic - pretty good value.
  There are some excellent prizes and at a cost of €8 per month it is very good value.
  The programme costs are regarded as representing exceptional value for the State.
  If you get there after 8pm, entry is still only a fiver, which is still good value since you can continue to boogie until 1am.
  This book is a good value souvenir for all those who appreciate the marvellous exhibition that has been brought to Waterford.
  We've set the price at a level we believe offers good value to motorists, vans and HGV users.
  The option to purchase a mews house is an additional bonus and the price represents good value in today's market.
  This is an easy-drinking gluggable red that would be good value at any price up to £5 a bottle.
  It's also good value with prices for doubles starting at £110 a night.
  All things considered, it's a good value for the money and a model I could be quite happy with.
  As a result, auctions are full of quality items, prices have dropped and your chances of finding good value have never been better
  However, we were choosing from the set menu, which offered seemingly good value at three courses for £17.50.
  Tickets are very good value too, priced from £8.50, with concessions available.
  Crisp, fruity and not too oaky, this is a good value restaurant wine at €26.90.
  These fun, friendly tours are good value, with few costing more than £3.
  They have introduced a special ticket which is very good value.
  Certainly, a majority of our customers have found these packages to be a good value.
  I have no idea whether I bought wisely, or whether the price is good value.
  Synonyms
  price, cost, worth
2valuesPrinciples or standards of behaviour; one's judgement of what is important in life.
they internalize their parents' rules and values
Example sentencesExamples
- We don't have to give up our values, beliefs or principles but we do have to move on.
- In their pursuit of power, wealth, or sensory pleasures, they can choose to ignore all moral values or ethical principles.
- The ultimate deterrent to all of this is a strong set of moral values, rules and standards.
- Today, principled values and beliefs are notably absent.
- These markers invoke public consciousness about what values, beliefs, and capabilities people have.
- Indeed, one of the important values which health care professionals have to hold dear is great respect for human life.
- I'm stubborn as hell and have a very hard time backing down on my values when they're important to me.
- Respect for others is after all one of the most important values to encourage in our society.
- I want to talk about the importance of values and culture in public life.
- But it is really about choosing a set of values, moral standards and a national image.
- In exit polls in about 1 in 5 voters ranked moral values as the most important issue in the election.
- He said it was important to recognise cultural values as proper elements of ethical behaviour.
- Ethics are a set of shared values or moral principles that modify our behavior in social situations.
- As far as they were concerned, discrimination was simply a reflection of society's values at the time.
- Economic viability is necessary, I'll grant that, but upholding our values is just as important, if not more so.
- The world, as the rules crashed down around us, began debating the values and principles by which we wished to live and the costs we would accept to live by them.
- Every classroom should have been asked to debate the values important to young Australians.
- I ask my freshmen classes each semester what the most important values are in their lives.
- Instead, it conformed to a conservative set of values not associated with modern liberalism.
- We expect our schools to set standards, impart values and encourage responsible behaviour.
Synonyms
principles, moral principles, ethics, moral code, morals, moral values, standards, moral standards, code of behaviour, rules of conduct, standards of behaviour
3The numerical amount denoted by an algebraic term; a magnitude, quantity, or number.
the mean value of x
Example sentencesExamples
- This gives as accurate a value for mass as the accuracy of your measurements.
- For numerical simulations, appropriate values of the various quantities must be determined.
- To find the value of a decimal place, we divide the value of the decimal place to the left of it by 10.
- One of the great goals of fundamental physics is to find the reason for the precise numerical values of the constants that appear in the equations that prescribe the laws of Nature.
- To explain how the two sides change together, Jim gave sets of specific numeric values for the lengths.
4Music
The relative duration of the sound signified by a note.
Example sentencesExamples
- Rhythmic values are quarter, eighth and half notes, and only the major finger pattern is used in the first chorale.
- Her coloratura in the Jewel Song was hit or miss - the note values often approximated.
- Her style is to take the vibrato from the traditional school and the shortened note values from the HIP aesthetic.
- Rapidly evolving note values will present issues with keeping a steady tempo.
- Worshipers are encouraged to be careful about diction, stay in tune, sing exact note values, and avoid forcing the sound.
5Linguistics
The meaning of a word or other linguistic unit.
Example sentencesExamples
- For Saussure the value of words is not intrinsic, nor a function of signification, but is a property of the system.
- Alternatively, we recognize two distinct values of the word-form work.
- Suppose that we assign the following semantic values to symbols in the following way.
- Do the words have a unitary value which is extended in different ways in different contexts?
- Ways of handling compounds of conditionals have been proposed on the basis of these semantic values.
- In either case, the reference to neat depends on its use earlier and on its value as a word.
1. 5.1 The quality or tone of a spoken sound; the sound represented by a letter.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Final ow with its non-standard value in low occurs in nearly four times as many words as the standard value in how.
  Digraphs U often has the secondary function of indicating a modified value for a preceding letter.
6The relative degree of lightness or darkness of a particular colour.
the artist has used adjacent colour values as the landscape recedes
Example sentencesExamples
- The cool blue-green values are complemented in each case by warmer red or yellow-orange touches.
- A few students used the wrong side of the fabric to make a different value of a color or to vary the texture.
- The range of values represented by the colour scale is shown below each image.
- Purple is a noble color in its deepest values, yet it can be flowery and refreshing in pale violet colorings.
- It facilitates the use of colour values way outside the normal range in an effort to produce a more realistic rendering of a typical 3D scene.

verbvalued, values, valuing ˈvaljuːˈvælju

[with object]

1Estimate the monetary worth of.
his estate was valued at £45,000
Example sentencesExamples
- The company is currently valued at over stg £460 million.
- The properties should not have been valued on a portfolio basis.
- They will also be able to bid in an auction for a kitchen valued at up to £7,000.
- Property valued at several thousand pounds was taken from a building site in Coill Dubh last week.
- However, the shares were once valued in excess of £15 back in 2000.
- That caused its shares to fall by a third, having been valued at 155p the day before the warning.
- The global ethanol market is estimated to be valued in excess of $16 billion by 2005.
- Stakes in quoted banks, hedge funds and the like are valued at the prevailing share price at the end of June.
- Today the shares are worth just a fraction of that and the company is valued at just £200m.
- By comparison, the UK stock market is valued at 16 times earnings.
- Both companies are valued at 13 times earnings and offer a similar dividend yield.
- Knowledge is undoubtedly an important asset in the industry, although it is difficult to value in monetary terms.
- Few questioned how a company which was not even profitable could be valued so highly.
- Taking the average the company is valued at 27 times forward earnings.
- The garage and vehicles valued at tens of thousands of pounds were destroyed by fire that night.
- Phase two, also valued at N $11.7 million, began in February this year.
- With the shares valued at almost 30 times earnings for 2001 the company is not cheap.
- At the time she sank she had on board copper, lead and zinc ingots valued at over £300,000.
- The move is seen as a precursor to a flotation of the firm, which is valued at about £10m.
- Trades valued in excess of $10 trillion are made every year on the NYSE.
Synonyms
evaluate, assess, estimate, appraise, assay, rate, price, put/set a price on, cost (out)
2Consider (someone or something) to be important or beneficial; have a high opinion of.
she had come to value her privacy
Example sentencesExamples
- Hence, it is important that you value the differences that make you unique as a couple.
- How will adults recognize the importance of objects kids value and dream about?
- Finally, it is important to recognize and value the expertise of patients and their families.
- I greatly value the diversity of our readership.
- I enjoy and greatly value family relationships.
- What is stopping you from reminding your mother she is special, or telling your best friend that you value her?
- People value and respect science and are grateful for the many great goods it brings.
- That can happen only in a company whose leaders make it clear that they value learning.
- It is really important that we value diversity in our community.
- Like lots of people, I occasionally feel friendless and insecure, and this experience showed me how much my friends really value me.
- Boys value their friends' opinions so it would do you lots of good to get along with them.
- It certainly makes you value life and how important things are.
- I was reluctant but not stubborn, I listened to what he had to say because I value him and his opinions.
- I think patients value the health service less than they did.
- He values all of his customers whether they are shopping for an elaborate piece of box topiary priced in the thousands, or a couple of pot plants.
- It is incredible how much we value other people's opinion of us.
- I have come to value relationships, friendships, community and connections with family.
- She appears to value nothing except publicity, to think of nothing beyond momentary pleasure.
- This story teaches important lessons about materialism and valuing family relationships.
- No one becomes a decent human being without the love and caring of someone who truly values their worth.
Synonyms
appreciate, rate (highly), esteem, hold in high esteem, hold in high regard, hold dear, have a high opinion of, think highly of, think much of, set (great) store by, attach importance to, respect, admire, prize, cherish, treasure
cherished, treasured, dear, prized, favourite, precious, worth its/one's weight in gold
special, appreciated, esteemed, respected, highly regarded, well thought of

Phrases

value for money

Used in reference to something that is well worth the money spent on it.
this camera is really good value for money
Example sentencesExamples
- He said when the school had managed projects internally they had achieved much better value for money.
- I can assure people that value for money and high quality services remain at the heart of our approach.
- It's all down to customer service, fast response, attention to detail and value for money.
- We have always offered customers good value for money and have been content with reasonable margins.
- This four-star hotel represents both good value for money and a unique concept.
- It is about keeping the fans entertained and giving them value for money.
- Projects had to be sustainable, give value for money and demonstrate how the public would benefit.
- Sixty-three percent thought that budget airlines offered very good value for money.
- Judging by the number of diners on the lunchtime we went along, other folk agree the menu is great value for money.
- The project ranked four projects as representing very good value for money.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French, feminine past participle of valoir 'be worth', from Latin valere.

Rhymes

undervalue

Definition of value in US English:

value

nounˈvæljuˈvalyo͞o

1The regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something.
your support is of great value
Example sentencesExamples
- While the statue had some commercial value, its real value was in the artistic merit it contained.
- In journals, writers record their experiences and reflect on their value or importance.
- Her value and her importance is not centered around her ability to bear and raise children.
- Attempts to measure freedom are notoriously complicated, as are attempts to assign an intrinsic value to freedom as such.
- In addition, contractors need to understand the importance and value placed on the trees.
- The clear manner in which this material is presented adds value to the novel.
- I believe we need to recognise that some of the collections in Auckland are of national importance and value to the whole nation.
- Kelly also emphasises the importance and value of getting players together.
- When made of precious stones, pyramids gain value as ornaments, and are valued as decorative pieces as well.
- By philosophy of education, I mean a vision for the purpose and value of education.
- But compassion begins in honesty, in the recognition that all human beings are of equal value and importance.
- I have a strong regard for the ultimate value of truth and honour.
- The United Nations had proven its worth by proving its value to Washington.
- This information is useful in understanding the effectiveness and value of activities.
- This place gives everyone a feeling of value and worth.
- Wooden furniture units were the hottest items on the list, and were valued for their good looks as well as their utilitarian value.
- If you can see the value or potential value of a practice, continue it.
- Professional psychology has always emphasized the value of respecting privacy.
- This does not mean that it has no practical value - it is very useful.
- Jenny says if services do grind to a halt for a day it will at least demonstrate the importance and value of the work council staff do.
- The value and importance of housing independence and stability cannot be overstated.
- Pamela caused an unprecedented stir, exciting something like a national argument about the purposes and value of fiction.
- None of these concerns should diminish the importance and value of this volume.
- In recent times the skill of the statesman has not been seen as a skill of great value or importance.
Synonyms
merit, worth, usefulness, use, utility, practicality, advantage, desirability, benefit, gain, profit, good, service, help, helpfulness, assistance, effectiveness, efficacy, avail, importance, significance, point, sense
1. 1.1 The material or monetary worth of something.
  prints seldom rise in value
  equipment is included up to a total value of $500
  Example sentencesExamples
  The total value of the three contracts will be worth in excess of £100 million annually.
  Art, on the other hand, seems to have no upper limit of monetary value.
  Monetary value and new technology are also subjects seldom touched on in books on art history, and we should welcome their inclusion here.
  Nobody chose to collect anything of great monetary value.
  The value of your estate for probate purposes includes the value of any real property less any mortgages on that property.
  Municipalities would set their own tax rates once they had determined the market value of properties in their areas.
  Consider this an asset sale, priced at the cost of the estimated market value of the land.
  If she wins the national award, the total value of her prize will rise to over £25,000.
  Another car buying issue that is of equal importance is the residual value of a car after its purchase.
  Entire populations of magnificent birds of paradise were murdered for the monetary value of their plumes.
  He could not attach monetary value to the loss caused by the strike as no calculations hade been made yet.
  These are financial instruments that rise in value as the market falls, enabling the holder to make up for losses on an orthodox share portfolio.
  Trees can greatly increase the resale value of property, and even save you on energy costs.
  History When a fine wine is allowed to age spectacular changes can occur which increase both its complexity and monetary value.
  Waste can be defined as any material lacking direct value to the producer and so must be disposed of.
  Page said she's more interested in what she can learn about the books than in their monetary value.
  This is not based on the actual market value of the property but on the value given for tax purposes.
  Each authority will end up with separate contracts and their total value will be worth more than £100m a year.
  Yes, the artefacts recovered are of historic significance, but it would be foolish to pretend they have no monetary value.
  Analysts believe the company's true value lies between 45-55 cent a share.
  The appraisal submitted by the plaintiffs estimates the fair market value of this property in March 1991 at $300,000.
  This figure is based on the supposed monetary value of the music files copied, not on actual loss of revenues to the industry.
  Synonyms
  price, cost, worth
2. 1.2 The worth of something compared to the price paid or asked for it.
  at $12.50 the book is a good value
  Example sentencesExamples
  If you get there after 8pm, entry is still only a fiver, which is still good value since you can continue to boogie until 1am.
  There are some excellent prizes and at a cost of €8 per month it is very good value.
  The programme costs are regarded as representing exceptional value for the State.
  All things considered, it's a good value for the money and a model I could be quite happy with.
  As a result, auctions are full of quality items, prices have dropped and your chances of finding good value have never been better
  Tickets are very good value too, priced from £8.50, with concessions available.
  However, we were choosing from the set menu, which offered seemingly good value at three courses for £17.50.
  The option to purchase a mews house is an additional bonus and the price represents good value in today's market.
  You get what you pay for, and if you buy this card you'll get above average performance and good value for the price.
  I have no idea whether I bought wisely, or whether the price is good value.
  Our bill came to £13.80 for two main courses, a dessert and drinks - which is good value in anybody's book.
  Certainly, a majority of our customers have found these packages to be a good value.
  This book is a good value souvenir for all those who appreciate the marvellous exhibition that has been brought to Waterford.
  Crisp, fruity and not too oaky, this is a good value restaurant wine at €26.90.
  We've set the price at a level we believe offers good value to motorists, vans and HGV users.
  These fun, friendly tours are good value, with few costing more than £3.
  They have introduced a special ticket which is very good value.
  This is an easy-drinking gluggable red that would be good value at any price up to £5 a bottle.
  It's also good value with prices for doubles starting at £110 a night.
  The bill came to £40.80, which also included three and a half pints of lager and a gin and tonic - pretty good value.
  Synonyms
  price, cost, worth
2valuesA person's principles or standards of behavior; one's judgment of what is important in life.
they internalize their parents' rules and values
Example sentencesExamples
- Respect for others is after all one of the most important values to encourage in our society.
- We expect our schools to set standards, impart values and encourage responsible behaviour.
- In exit polls in about 1 in 5 voters ranked moral values as the most important issue in the election.
- But it is really about choosing a set of values, moral standards and a national image.
- Every classroom should have been asked to debate the values important to young Australians.
- We don't have to give up our values, beliefs or principles but we do have to move on.
- Indeed, one of the important values which health care professionals have to hold dear is great respect for human life.
- The ultimate deterrent to all of this is a strong set of moral values, rules and standards.
- Today, principled values and beliefs are notably absent.
- In their pursuit of power, wealth, or sensory pleasures, they can choose to ignore all moral values or ethical principles.
- The world, as the rules crashed down around us, began debating the values and principles by which we wished to live and the costs we would accept to live by them.
- As far as they were concerned, discrimination was simply a reflection of society's values at the time.
- Ethics are a set of shared values or moral principles that modify our behavior in social situations.
- I'm stubborn as hell and have a very hard time backing down on my values when they're important to me.
- Instead, it conformed to a conservative set of values not associated with modern liberalism.
- I want to talk about the importance of values and culture in public life.
- These markers invoke public consciousness about what values, beliefs, and capabilities people have.
- He said it was important to recognise cultural values as proper elements of ethical behaviour.
- I ask my freshmen classes each semester what the most important values are in their lives.
- Economic viability is necessary, I'll grant that, but upholding our values is just as important, if not more so.
Synonyms
principles, moral principles, ethics, moral code, morals, moral values, standards, moral standards, code of behaviour, rules of conduct, standards of behaviour
3The numerical amount denoted by an algebraic term; a magnitude, quantity, or number.
the mean value of x
an accurate value for the mass of Venus
Example sentencesExamples
- For numerical simulations, appropriate values of the various quantities must be determined.
- One of the great goals of fundamental physics is to find the reason for the precise numerical values of the constants that appear in the equations that prescribe the laws of Nature.
- To explain how the two sides change together, Jim gave sets of specific numeric values for the lengths.
- To find the value of a decimal place, we divide the value of the decimal place to the left of it by 10.
- This gives as accurate a value for mass as the accuracy of your measurements.
4Music
The relative duration of the sound signified by a note.
Example sentencesExamples
- Her coloratura in the Jewel Song was hit or miss - the note values often approximated.
- Rhythmic values are quarter, eighth and half notes, and only the major finger pattern is used in the first chorale.
- Worshipers are encouraged to be careful about diction, stay in tune, sing exact note values, and avoid forcing the sound.
- Her style is to take the vibrato from the traditional school and the shortened note values from the HIP aesthetic.
- Rapidly evolving note values will present issues with keeping a steady tempo.
5Linguistics
The meaning of a word or other linguistic unit.
Example sentencesExamples
- In either case, the reference to neat depends on its use earlier and on its value as a word.
- Ways of handling compounds of conditionals have been proposed on the basis of these semantic values.
- Suppose that we assign the following semantic values to symbols in the following way.
- Alternatively, we recognize two distinct values of the word-form work.
- Do the words have a unitary value which is extended in different ways in different contexts?
- For Saussure the value of words is not intrinsic, nor a function of signification, but is a property of the system.
1. 5.1 The quality or tone of a spoken sound; the sound represented by a letter.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Final ow with its non-standard value in low occurs in nearly four times as many words as the standard value in how.
  Digraphs U often has the secondary function of indicating a modified value for a preceding letter.
6The relative degree of lightness or darkness of a particular color.
the artist has used adjacent color values as the landscape recedes
Example sentencesExamples
- The cool blue-green values are complemented in each case by warmer red or yellow-orange touches.
- It facilitates the use of colour values way outside the normal range in an effort to produce a more realistic rendering of a typical 3D scene.
- The range of values represented by the colour scale is shown below each image.
- A few students used the wrong side of the fabric to make a different value of a color or to vary the texture.
- Purple is a noble color in its deepest values, yet it can be flowery and refreshing in pale violet colorings.

verbˈvæljuˈvalyo͞o

[with object]

1Estimate the monetary worth of (something)
his estate was valued at $45,000
Example sentencesExamples
- That caused its shares to fall by a third, having been valued at 155p the day before the warning.
- The global ethanol market is estimated to be valued in excess of $16 billion by 2005.
- The properties should not have been valued on a portfolio basis.
- Phase two, also valued at N $11.7 million, began in February this year.
- The company is currently valued at over stg £460 million.
- Few questioned how a company which was not even profitable could be valued so highly.
- Property valued at several thousand pounds was taken from a building site in Coill Dubh last week.
- With the shares valued at almost 30 times earnings for 2001 the company is not cheap.
- By comparison, the UK stock market is valued at 16 times earnings.
- Today the shares are worth just a fraction of that and the company is valued at just £200m.
- However, the shares were once valued in excess of £15 back in 2000.
- Knowledge is undoubtedly an important asset in the industry, although it is difficult to value in monetary terms.
- The garage and vehicles valued at tens of thousands of pounds were destroyed by fire that night.
- Both companies are valued at 13 times earnings and offer a similar dividend yield.
- They will also be able to bid in an auction for a kitchen valued at up to £7,000.
- At the time she sank she had on board copper, lead and zinc ingots valued at over £300,000.
- Stakes in quoted banks, hedge funds and the like are valued at the prevailing share price at the end of June.
- Trades valued in excess of $10 trillion are made every year on the NYSE.
- Taking the average the company is valued at 27 times forward earnings.
- The move is seen as a precursor to a flotation of the firm, which is valued at about £10m.
Synonyms
evaluate, assess, estimate, appraise, assay, rate, price, put a price on, set a price on, cost, cost out
2Consider (someone or something) to be important or beneficial; have a high opinion of.
she had come to value her privacy and independence
Example sentencesExamples
- It is really important that we value diversity in our community.
- He values all of his customers whether they are shopping for an elaborate piece of box topiary priced in the thousands, or a couple of pot plants.
- I greatly value the diversity of our readership.
- Finally, it is important to recognize and value the expertise of patients and their families.
- Hence, it is important that you value the differences that make you unique as a couple.
- People value and respect science and are grateful for the many great goods it brings.
- Boys value their friends' opinions so it would do you lots of good to get along with them.
- Like lots of people, I occasionally feel friendless and insecure, and this experience showed me how much my friends really value me.
- I think patients value the health service less than they did.
- I have come to value relationships, friendships, community and connections with family.
- It is incredible how much we value other people's opinion of us.
- What is stopping you from reminding your mother she is special, or telling your best friend that you value her?
- This story teaches important lessons about materialism and valuing family relationships.
- No one becomes a decent human being without the love and caring of someone who truly values their worth.
- It certainly makes you value life and how important things are.
- She appears to value nothing except publicity, to think of nothing beyond momentary pleasure.
- How will adults recognize the importance of objects kids value and dream about?
- That can happen only in a company whose leaders make it clear that they value learning.
- I enjoy and greatly value family relationships.
- I was reluctant but not stubborn, I listened to what he had to say because I value him and his opinions.
Synonyms
cherished, treasured, dear, prized, favourite, precious, worth its weight in gold, worth one's weight in gold
appreciate, rate, rate highly, esteem, hold in high esteem, hold in high regard, hold dear, have a high opinion of, think highly of, think much of, set store by, set great store by, attach importance to, respect, admire, prize, cherish, treasure

Origin

Middle English: from Old French, feminine past participle of valoir ‘be worth’, from Latin valere.

单词	value
释义	Definition of value in English: value nounPlural values ˈvaljuːˈvælju 1mass noun The regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something. your support is of great value Example sentencesExamples This information is useful in understanding the effectiveness and value of activities. The clear manner in which this material is presented adds value to the novel. In journals, writers record their experiences and reflect on their value or importance. This does not mean that it has no practical value - it is very useful. Professional psychology has always emphasized the value of respecting privacy. In recent times the skill of the statesman has not been seen as a skill of great value or importance. In addition, contractors need to understand the importance and value placed on the trees. Pamela caused an unprecedented stir, exciting something like a national argument about the purposes and value of fiction. Wooden furniture units were the hottest items on the list, and were valued for their good looks as well as their utilitarian value. Attempts to measure freedom are notoriously complicated, as are attempts to assign an intrinsic value to freedom as such. This place gives everyone a feeling of value and worth. When made of precious stones, pyramids gain value as ornaments, and are valued as decorative pieces as well. I believe we need to recognise that some of the collections in Auckland are of national importance and value to the whole nation. If you can see the value or potential value of a practice, continue it. I have a strong regard for the ultimate value of truth and honour. Kelly also emphasises the importance and value of getting players together. By philosophy of education, I mean a vision for the purpose and value of education. But compassion begins in honesty, in the recognition that all human beings are of equal value and importance. Jenny says if services do grind to a halt for a day it will at least demonstrate the importance and value of the work council staff do. Her value and her importance is not centered around her ability to bear and raise children. The value and importance of housing independence and stability cannot be overstated. The United Nations had proven its worth by proving its value to Washington. While the statue had some commercial value, its real value was in the artistic merit it contained. None of these concerns should diminish the importance and value of this volume. Synonyms merit, worth, usefulness, use, utility, practicality, advantage, desirability, benefit, gain, profit, good, service, help, helpfulness, assistance, effectiveness, efficacy, avail, importance, significance, point, sense informal mileage 1.1 The material or monetary worth of something. prints seldom rise in value count noun equipment is included up to a total value of £500 Example sentencesExamples He could not attach monetary value to the loss caused by the strike as no calculations hade been made yet. Another car buying issue that is of equal importance is the residual value of a car after its purchase. Yes, the artefacts recovered are of historic significance, but it would be foolish to pretend they have no monetary value. Municipalities would set their own tax rates once they had determined the market value of properties in their areas. Art, on the other hand, seems to have no upper limit of monetary value. Nobody chose to collect anything of great monetary value. Each authority will end up with separate contracts and their total value will be worth more than £100m a year. The appraisal submitted by the plaintiffs estimates the fair market value of this property in March 1991 at $300,000. Waste can be defined as any material lacking direct value to the producer and so must be disposed of. Consider this an asset sale, priced at the cost of the estimated market value of the land. Page said she's more interested in what she can learn about the books than in their monetary value. History When a fine wine is allowed to age spectacular changes can occur which increase both its complexity and monetary value. Entire populations of magnificent birds of paradise were murdered for the monetary value of their plumes. Trees can greatly increase the resale value of property, and even save you on energy costs. Monetary value and new technology are also subjects seldom touched on in books on art history, and we should welcome their inclusion here. If she wins the national award, the total value of her prize will rise to over £25,000. Analysts believe the company's true value lies between 45-55 cent a share. The total value of the three contracts will be worth in excess of £100 million annually. This figure is based on the supposed monetary value of the music files copied, not on actual loss of revenues to the industry. These are financial instruments that rise in value as the market falls, enabling the holder to make up for losses on an orthodox share portfolio. The value of your estate for probate purposes includes the value of any real property less any mortgages on that property. This is not based on the actual market value of the property but on the value given for tax purposes. Synonyms price, cost, worth market price, selling price, asking price, monetary value, face value 1.2 The worth of something compared to the price paid or asked for it. at £12.50 the book is good value count noun the wine represents a good value for $17.95 Example sentencesExamples Our bill came to £13.80 for two main courses, a dessert and drinks - which is good value in anybody's book. You get what you pay for, and if you buy this card you'll get above average performance and good value for the price. The bill came to £40.80, which also included three and a half pints of lager and a gin and tonic - pretty good value. There are some excellent prizes and at a cost of €8 per month it is very good value. The programme costs are regarded as representing exceptional value for the State. If you get there after 8pm, entry is still only a fiver, which is still good value since you can continue to boogie until 1am. This book is a good value souvenir for all those who appreciate the marvellous exhibition that has been brought to Waterford. We've set the price at a level we believe offers good value to motorists, vans and HGV users. The option to purchase a mews house is an additional bonus and the price represents good value in today's market. This is an easy-drinking gluggable red that would be good value at any price up to £5 a bottle. It's also good value with prices for doubles starting at £110 a night. All things considered, it's a good value for the money and a model I could be quite happy with. As a result, auctions are full of quality items, prices have dropped and your chances of finding good value have never been better However, we were choosing from the set menu, which offered seemingly good value at three courses for £17.50. Tickets are very good value too, priced from £8.50, with concessions available. Crisp, fruity and not too oaky, this is a good value restaurant wine at €26.90. These fun, friendly tours are good value, with few costing more than £3. They have introduced a special ticket which is very good value. Certainly, a majority of our customers have found these packages to be a good value. I have no idea whether I bought wisely, or whether the price is good value. Synonyms price, cost, worth 2valuesPrinciples or standards of behaviour; one's judgement of what is important in life. they internalize their parents' rules and values Example sentencesExamples We don't have to give up our values, beliefs or principles but we do have to move on. In their pursuit of power, wealth, or sensory pleasures, they can choose to ignore all moral values or ethical principles. The ultimate deterrent to all of this is a strong set of moral values, rules and standards. Today, principled values and beliefs are notably absent. These markers invoke public consciousness about what values, beliefs, and capabilities people have. Indeed, one of the important values which health care professionals have to hold dear is great respect for human life. I'm stubborn as hell and have a very hard time backing down on my values when they're important to me. Respect for others is after all one of the most important values to encourage in our society. I want to talk about the importance of values and culture in public life. But it is really about choosing a set of values, moral standards and a national image. In exit polls in about 1 in 5 voters ranked moral values as the most important issue in the election. He said it was important to recognise cultural values as proper elements of ethical behaviour. Ethics are a set of shared values or moral principles that modify our behavior in social situations. As far as they were concerned, discrimination was simply a reflection of society's values at the time. Economic viability is necessary, I'll grant that, but upholding our values is just as important, if not more so. The world, as the rules crashed down around us, began debating the values and principles by which we wished to live and the costs we would accept to live by them. Every classroom should have been asked to debate the values important to young Australians. I ask my freshmen classes each semester what the most important values are in their lives. Instead, it conformed to a conservative set of values not associated with modern liberalism. We expect our schools to set standards, impart values and encourage responsible behaviour. Synonyms principles, moral principles, ethics, moral code, morals, moral values, standards, moral standards, code of behaviour, rules of conduct, standards of behaviour 3The numerical amount denoted by an algebraic term; a magnitude, quantity, or number. the mean value of x Example sentencesExamples This gives as accurate a value for mass as the accuracy of your measurements. For numerical simulations, appropriate values of the various quantities must be determined. To find the value of a decimal place, we divide the value of the decimal place to the left of it by 10. One of the great goals of fundamental physics is to find the reason for the precise numerical values of the constants that appear in the equations that prescribe the laws of Nature. To explain how the two sides change together, Jim gave sets of specific numeric values for the lengths. 4Music The relative duration of the sound signified by a note. Example sentencesExamples Rhythmic values are quarter, eighth and half notes, and only the major finger pattern is used in the first chorale. Her coloratura in the Jewel Song was hit or miss - the note values often approximated. Her style is to take the vibrato from the traditional school and the shortened note values from the HIP aesthetic. Rapidly evolving note values will present issues with keeping a steady tempo. Worshipers are encouraged to be careful about diction, stay in tune, sing exact note values, and avoid forcing the sound. 5Linguistics The meaning of a word or other linguistic unit. Example sentencesExamples For Saussure the value of words is not intrinsic, nor a function of signification, but is a property of the system. Alternatively, we recognize two distinct values of the word-form work. Suppose that we assign the following semantic values to symbols in the following way. Do the words have a unitary value which is extended in different ways in different contexts? Ways of handling compounds of conditionals have been proposed on the basis of these semantic values. In either case, the reference to neat depends on its use earlier and on its value as a word. 5.1 The quality or tone of a spoken sound; the sound represented by a letter. Example sentencesExamples Final ow with its non-standard value in low occurs in nearly four times as many words as the standard value in how. Digraphs U often has the secondary function of indicating a modified value for a preceding letter. 6The relative degree of lightness or darkness of a particular colour. the artist has used adjacent colour values as the landscape recedes Example sentencesExamples The cool blue-green values are complemented in each case by warmer red or yellow-orange touches. A few students used the wrong side of the fabric to make a different value of a color or to vary the texture. The range of values represented by the colour scale is shown below each image. Purple is a noble color in its deepest values, yet it can be flowery and refreshing in pale violet colorings. It facilitates the use of colour values way outside the normal range in an effort to produce a more realistic rendering of a typical 3D scene. verbvalued, values, valuing ˈvaljuːˈvælju [with object] 1Estimate the monetary worth of. his estate was valued at £45,000 Example sentencesExamples The company is currently valued at over stg £460 million. The properties should not have been valued on a portfolio basis. They will also be able to bid in an auction for a kitchen valued at up to £7,000. Property valued at several thousand pounds was taken from a building site in Coill Dubh last week. However, the shares were once valued in excess of £15 back in 2000. That caused its shares to fall by a third, having been valued at 155p the day before the warning. The global ethanol market is estimated to be valued in excess of $16 billion by 2005. Stakes in quoted banks, hedge funds and the like are valued at the prevailing share price at the end of June. Today the shares are worth just a fraction of that and the company is valued at just £200m. By comparison, the UK stock market is valued at 16 times earnings. Both companies are valued at 13 times earnings and offer a similar dividend yield. Knowledge is undoubtedly an important asset in the industry, although it is difficult to value in monetary terms. Few questioned how a company which was not even profitable could be valued so highly. Taking the average the company is valued at 27 times forward earnings. The garage and vehicles valued at tens of thousands of pounds were destroyed by fire that night. Phase two, also valued at N $11.7 million, began in February this year. With the shares valued at almost 30 times earnings for 2001 the company is not cheap. At the time she sank she had on board copper, lead and zinc ingots valued at over £300,000. The move is seen as a precursor to a flotation of the firm, which is valued at about £10m. Trades valued in excess of $10 trillion are made every year on the NYSE. Synonyms evaluate, assess, estimate, appraise, assay, rate, price, put/set a price on, cost (out) 2Consider (someone or something) to be important or beneficial; have a high opinion of. she had come to value her privacy Example sentencesExamples Hence, it is important that you value the differences that make you unique as a couple. How will adults recognize the importance of objects kids value and dream about? Finally, it is important to recognize and value the expertise of patients and their families. I greatly value the diversity of our readership. I enjoy and greatly value family relationships. What is stopping you from reminding your mother she is special, or telling your best friend that you value her? People value and respect science and are grateful for the many great goods it brings. That can happen only in a company whose leaders make it clear that they value learning. It is really important that we value diversity in our community. Like lots of people, I occasionally feel friendless and insecure, and this experience showed me how much my friends really value me. Boys value their friends' opinions so it would do you lots of good to get along with them. It certainly makes you value life and how important things are. I was reluctant but not stubborn, I listened to what he had to say because I value him and his opinions. I think patients value the health service less than they did. He values all of his customers whether they are shopping for an elaborate piece of box topiary priced in the thousands, or a couple of pot plants. It is incredible how much we value other people's opinion of us. I have come to value relationships, friendships, community and connections with family. She appears to value nothing except publicity, to think of nothing beyond momentary pleasure. This story teaches important lessons about materialism and valuing family relationships. No one becomes a decent human being without the love and caring of someone who truly values their worth. Synonyms appreciate, rate (highly), esteem, hold in high esteem, hold in high regard, hold dear, have a high opinion of, think highly of, think much of, set (great) store by, attach importance to, respect, admire, prize, cherish, treasure cherished, treasured, dear, prized, favourite, precious, worth its/one's weight in gold special, appreciated, esteemed, respected, highly regarded, well thought of Phrases value for money Used in reference to something that is well worth the money spent on it. this camera is really good value for money Example sentencesExamples He said when the school had managed projects internally they had achieved much better value for money. I can assure people that value for money and high quality services remain at the heart of our approach. It's all down to customer service, fast response, attention to detail and value for money. We have always offered customers good value for money and have been content with reasonable margins. This four-star hotel represents both good value for money and a unique concept. It is about keeping the fans entertained and giving them value for money. Projects had to be sustainable, give value for money and demonstrate how the public would benefit. Sixty-three percent thought that budget airlines offered very good value for money. Judging by the number of diners on the lunchtime we went along, other folk agree the menu is great value for money. The project ranked four projects as representing very good value for money. Origin Middle English: from Old French, feminine past participle of valoir 'be worth', from Latin valere. Rhymes undervalue noun.1 phr. Definition of value in US English: value nounˈvæljuˈvalyo͞o 1The regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something. your support is of great value Example sentencesExamples While the statue had some commercial value, its real value was in the artistic merit it contained. In journals, writers record their experiences and reflect on their value or importance. Her value and her importance is not centered around her ability to bear and raise children. Attempts to measure freedom are notoriously complicated, as are attempts to assign an intrinsic value to freedom as such. In addition, contractors need to understand the importance and value placed on the trees. The clear manner in which this material is presented adds value to the novel. I believe we need to recognise that some of the collections in Auckland are of national importance and value to the whole nation. Kelly also emphasises the importance and value of getting players together. When made of precious stones, pyramids gain value as ornaments, and are valued as decorative pieces as well. By philosophy of education, I mean a vision for the purpose and value of education. But compassion begins in honesty, in the recognition that all human beings are of equal value and importance. I have a strong regard for the ultimate value of truth and honour. The United Nations had proven its worth by proving its value to Washington. This information is useful in understanding the effectiveness and value of activities. This place gives everyone a feeling of value and worth. Wooden furniture units were the hottest items on the list, and were valued for their good looks as well as their utilitarian value. If you can see the value or potential value of a practice, continue it. Professional psychology has always emphasized the value of respecting privacy. This does not mean that it has no practical value - it is very useful. Jenny says if services do grind to a halt for a day it will at least demonstrate the importance and value of the work council staff do. The value and importance of housing independence and stability cannot be overstated. Pamela caused an unprecedented stir, exciting something like a national argument about the purposes and value of fiction. None of these concerns should diminish the importance and value of this volume. In recent times the skill of the statesman has not been seen as a skill of great value or importance. Synonyms merit, worth, usefulness, use, utility, practicality, advantage, desirability, benefit, gain, profit, good, service, help, helpfulness, assistance, effectiveness, efficacy, avail, importance, significance, point, sense 1.1 The material or monetary worth of something. prints seldom rise in value equipment is included up to a total value of $500 Example sentencesExamples The total value of the three contracts will be worth in excess of £100 million annually. Art, on the other hand, seems to have no upper limit of monetary value. Monetary value and new technology are also subjects seldom touched on in books on art history, and we should welcome their inclusion here. Nobody chose to collect anything of great monetary value. The value of your estate for probate purposes includes the value of any real property less any mortgages on that property. Municipalities would set their own tax rates once they had determined the market value of properties in their areas. Consider this an asset sale, priced at the cost of the estimated market value of the land. If she wins the national award, the total value of her prize will rise to over £25,000. Another car buying issue that is of equal importance is the residual value of a car after its purchase. Entire populations of magnificent birds of paradise were murdered for the monetary value of their plumes. He could not attach monetary value to the loss caused by the strike as no calculations hade been made yet. These are financial instruments that rise in value as the market falls, enabling the holder to make up for losses on an orthodox share portfolio. Trees can greatly increase the resale value of property, and even save you on energy costs. History When a fine wine is allowed to age spectacular changes can occur which increase both its complexity and monetary value. Waste can be defined as any material lacking direct value to the producer and so must be disposed of. Page said she's more interested in what she can learn about the books than in their monetary value. This is not based on the actual market value of the property but on the value given for tax purposes. Each authority will end up with separate contracts and their total value will be worth more than £100m a year. Yes, the artefacts recovered are of historic significance, but it would be foolish to pretend they have no monetary value. Analysts believe the company's true value lies between 45-55 cent a share. The appraisal submitted by the plaintiffs estimates the fair market value of this property in March 1991 at $300,000. This figure is based on the supposed monetary value of the music files copied, not on actual loss of revenues to the industry. Synonyms price, cost, worth 1.2 The worth of something compared to the price paid or asked for it. at $12.50 the book is a good value Example sentencesExamples If you get there after 8pm, entry is still only a fiver, which is still good value since you can continue to boogie until 1am. There are some excellent prizes and at a cost of €8 per month it is very good value. The programme costs are regarded as representing exceptional value for the State. All things considered, it's a good value for the money and a model I could be quite happy with. As a result, auctions are full of quality items, prices have dropped and your chances of finding good value have never been better Tickets are very good value too, priced from £8.50, with concessions available. However, we were choosing from the set menu, which offered seemingly good value at three courses for £17.50. The option to purchase a mews house is an additional bonus and the price represents good value in today's market. You get what you pay for, and if you buy this card you'll get above average performance and good value for the price. I have no idea whether I bought wisely, or whether the price is good value. Our bill came to £13.80 for two main courses, a dessert and drinks - which is good value in anybody's book. Certainly, a majority of our customers have found these packages to be a good value. This book is a good value souvenir for all those who appreciate the marvellous exhibition that has been brought to Waterford. Crisp, fruity and not too oaky, this is a good value restaurant wine at €26.90. We've set the price at a level we believe offers good value to motorists, vans and HGV users. These fun, friendly tours are good value, with few costing more than £3. They have introduced a special ticket which is very good value. This is an easy-drinking gluggable red that would be good value at any price up to £5 a bottle. It's also good value with prices for doubles starting at £110 a night. The bill came to £40.80, which also included three and a half pints of lager and a gin and tonic - pretty good value. Synonyms price, cost, worth 2valuesA person's principles or standards of behavior; one's judgment of what is important in life. they internalize their parents' rules and values Example sentencesExamples Respect for others is after all one of the most important values to encourage in our society. We expect our schools to set standards, impart values and encourage responsible behaviour. In exit polls in about 1 in 5 voters ranked moral values as the most important issue in the election. But it is really about choosing a set of values, moral standards and a national image. Every classroom should have been asked to debate the values important to young Australians. We don't have to give up our values, beliefs or principles but we do have to move on. Indeed, one of the important values which health care professionals have to hold dear is great respect for human life. The ultimate deterrent to all of this is a strong set of moral values, rules and standards. Today, principled values and beliefs are notably absent. In their pursuit of power, wealth, or sensory pleasures, they can choose to ignore all moral values or ethical principles. The world, as the rules crashed down around us, began debating the values and principles by which we wished to live and the costs we would accept to live by them. As far as they were concerned, discrimination was simply a reflection of society's values at the time. Ethics are a set of shared values or moral principles that modify our behavior in social situations. I'm stubborn as hell and have a very hard time backing down on my values when they're important to me. Instead, it conformed to a conservative set of values not associated with modern liberalism. I want to talk about the importance of values and culture in public life. These markers invoke public consciousness about what values, beliefs, and capabilities people have. He said it was important to recognise cultural values as proper elements of ethical behaviour. I ask my freshmen classes each semester what the most important values are in their lives. Economic viability is necessary, I'll grant that, but upholding our values is just as important, if not more so. Synonyms principles, moral principles, ethics, moral code, morals, moral values, standards, moral standards, code of behaviour, rules of conduct, standards of behaviour 3The numerical amount denoted by an algebraic term; a magnitude, quantity, or number. the mean value of x an accurate value for the mass of Venus Example sentencesExamples For numerical simulations, appropriate values of the various quantities must be determined. One of the great goals of fundamental physics is to find the reason for the precise numerical values of the constants that appear in the equations that prescribe the laws of Nature. To explain how the two sides change together, Jim gave sets of specific numeric values for the lengths. To find the value of a decimal place, we divide the value of the decimal place to the left of it by 10. This gives as accurate a value for mass as the accuracy of your measurements. 4Music The relative duration of the sound signified by a note. Example sentencesExamples Her coloratura in the Jewel Song was hit or miss - the note values often approximated. Rhythmic values are quarter, eighth and half notes, and only the major finger pattern is used in the first chorale. Worshipers are encouraged to be careful about diction, stay in tune, sing exact note values, and avoid forcing the sound. Her style is to take the vibrato from the traditional school and the shortened note values from the HIP aesthetic. Rapidly evolving note values will present issues with keeping a steady tempo. 5Linguistics The meaning of a word or other linguistic unit. Example sentencesExamples In either case, the reference to neat depends on its use earlier and on its value as a word. Ways of handling compounds of conditionals have been proposed on the basis of these semantic values. Suppose that we assign the following semantic values to symbols in the following way. Alternatively, we recognize two distinct values of the word-form work. Do the words have a unitary value which is extended in different ways in different contexts? For Saussure the value of words is not intrinsic, nor a function of signification, but is a property of the system. 5.1 The quality or tone of a spoken sound; the sound represented by a letter. Example sentencesExamples Final ow with its non-standard value in low occurs in nearly four times as many words as the standard value in how. Digraphs U often has the secondary function of indicating a modified value for a preceding letter. 6The relative degree of lightness or darkness of a particular color. the artist has used adjacent color values as the landscape recedes Example sentencesExamples The cool blue-green values are complemented in each case by warmer red or yellow-orange touches. It facilitates the use of colour values way outside the normal range in an effort to produce a more realistic rendering of a typical 3D scene. The range of values represented by the colour scale is shown below each image. A few students used the wrong side of the fabric to make a different value of a color or to vary the texture. Purple is a noble color in its deepest values, yet it can be flowery and refreshing in pale violet colorings. verbˈvæljuˈvalyo͞o [with object] 1Estimate the monetary worth of (something) his estate was valued at $45,000 Example sentencesExamples That caused its shares to fall by a third, having been valued at 155p the day before the warning. The global ethanol market is estimated to be valued in excess of $16 billion by 2005. The properties should not have been valued on a portfolio basis. Phase two, also valued at N $11.7 million, began in February this year. The company is currently valued at over stg £460 million. Few questioned how a company which was not even profitable could be valued so highly. Property valued at several thousand pounds was taken from a building site in Coill Dubh last week. With the shares valued at almost 30 times earnings for 2001 the company is not cheap. By comparison, the UK stock market is valued at 16 times earnings. Today the shares are worth just a fraction of that and the company is valued at just £200m. However, the shares were once valued in excess of £15 back in 2000. Knowledge is undoubtedly an important asset in the industry, although it is difficult to value in monetary terms. The garage and vehicles valued at tens of thousands of pounds were destroyed by fire that night. Both companies are valued at 13 times earnings and offer a similar dividend yield. They will also be able to bid in an auction for a kitchen valued at up to £7,000. At the time she sank she had on board copper, lead and zinc ingots valued at over £300,000. Stakes in quoted banks, hedge funds and the like are valued at the prevailing share price at the end of June. Trades valued in excess of $10 trillion are made every year on the NYSE. Taking the average the company is valued at 27 times forward earnings. The move is seen as a precursor to a flotation of the firm, which is valued at about £10m. Synonyms evaluate, assess, estimate, appraise, assay, rate, price, put a price on, set a price on, cost, cost out 2Consider (someone or something) to be important or beneficial; have a high opinion of. she had come to value her privacy and independence Example sentencesExamples It is really important that we value diversity in our community. He values all of his customers whether they are shopping for an elaborate piece of box topiary priced in the thousands, or a couple of pot plants. I greatly value the diversity of our readership. Finally, it is important to recognize and value the expertise of patients and their families. Hence, it is important that you value the differences that make you unique as a couple. People value and respect science and are grateful for the many great goods it brings. Boys value their friends' opinions so it would do you lots of good to get along with them. Like lots of people, I occasionally feel friendless and insecure, and this experience showed me how much my friends really value me. I think patients value the health service less than they did. I have come to value relationships, friendships, community and connections with family. It is incredible how much we value other people's opinion of us. What is stopping you from reminding your mother she is special, or telling your best friend that you value her? This story teaches important lessons about materialism and valuing family relationships. No one becomes a decent human being without the love and caring of someone who truly values their worth. It certainly makes you value life and how important things are. She appears to value nothing except publicity, to think of nothing beyond momentary pleasure. How will adults recognize the importance of objects kids value and dream about? That can happen only in a company whose leaders make it clear that they value learning. I enjoy and greatly value family relationships. I was reluctant but not stubborn, I listened to what he had to say because I value him and his opinions. Synonyms cherished, treasured, dear, prized, favourite, precious, worth its weight in gold, worth one's weight in gold appreciate, rate, rate highly, esteem, hold in high esteem, hold in high regard, hold dear, have a high opinion of, think highly of, think much of, set store by, set great store by, attach importance to, respect, admire, prize, cherish, treasure Origin Middle English: from Old French, feminine past participle of valoir ‘be worth’, from Latin valere.
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