Value

['væljuː] or ['vælju]

Definition

(noun.) 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.

(noun.) the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable; 'the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world'.

(noun.) a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed; 'the value assigned was 16 milliseconds'.

(noun.) an ideal accepted by some individual or group; 'he has old-fashioned values'.

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) (music) the relative duration of a musical note.

(verb.) fix or determine the value of; assign a value to; 'value the jewelry and art work in the estate'.

Editor: Oswald--From WordNet

Definition

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

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

(n.) Precise signification; import; as, the value of a word; the value of a legal instrument

(n.) Esteem; regard.

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

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

(n.) Valor.

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

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

(v. t.) To raise to estimation; to cause to have value, either real or apparent; to enhance in value.

(v. t.) To be worth; to be equal to in value.

Inputed by Doris

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Worth, utility, importance (value in use).[2]. Price, cost, rate, equivalent (value in exchange).

v. a. [1]. Appraise, rate, estimate, account, set a value on.[2]. Esteem, appreciate, regard, prize, set a high value on, rate highly, hold in high esteem, set store by.

Typist: Willie

Synonyms and Antonyms

[See COURAGE]

SYN:Appreciate, compute, rate, estimate, esteem, treasure, appraise, prize

ANT:Miscompute, misestimate, disesteem, disregard, vilipend, underrate, undervalue,underestimate, despise, contemn, cheapen, vilify

Typist: Randall

Definition

n. worth: that which renders anything useful or estimable: the degree of this quality: esteem regard: efficacy: importance: excellence: price: precise meaning: (mus.) the relative length of a tone signified by a note: (paint.) relation of one part of a picture to the others with reference to light and shade and without reference to hue: (math.) the special determination of a quantity.—v.t. to estimate the worth of: to rate at a price: to esteem: to prize.—v.i. (Shak.) to be worth.—adj. Val′uable having value or worth: costly: deserving esteem.—n. a thing of value a choice article—often in pl.ns. Val′uableness; Valuā′tion the act of valuing: value set upon a thing: estimated worth; Valuā′tor one who sets a value upon: an appraiser.—adjs. Val′ued; Val′ueless.—n. Val′uer one who values.—Value in exchange exchange value: (pol. econ.) economic value (i.e. the amount of other commodities for which a thing can be exchanged in open market) as distinguished from its more general meaning of utility; Value received a phrase indicating that a bill of exchange &c. has been accepted for a valuable consideration.—Good value full worth in exchange.

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