Friday 17 August 2018

Value

VALUE

-noun
1. the desirability of a thing, often in respect of some property such as usefulness or exchangeability; worth, merit, or importance
2. an amount, in particular material or monetary, considered to be a fair exchange in return for a thing; assigned valuation
3. reasonable or equivalent return; satisfaction
4. precise meaning or significance
5. (plural) . the moral principles and beliefs or accepted standards of a person or social group
6. (mathematics)
a. a particular magnitude, number, or amount
b. the particular quantity that is the result of applying a function or operation for some given argument
7. (music) .  short for time value
8. (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) the quality or tone of the speech sound associated with a written character representing it
-verb (trans.)
10. to assess or estimate the worth, merit, or desirability of; appraise
11. to have a high regard for, in particular in respect of worth, usefulness, merit, etc.; esteem or prize
12. (followed by “at”) to fix the financial or material worth of (a unit of currency, work of art, etc.)











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