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value - the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable; "the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world" |
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worth the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful
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invaluableness,
preciousness,
pricelessness,
valuableness the positive quality of being precious and beyond value
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cost,
monetary value,
price the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
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cost,
price,
toll the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
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richness a strong deep vividness of hue; "the fire-light gave a richness of coloring to that side of the room"
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importance the quality of being important and worthy of note; "the importance of a well-balanced diet"
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unimportance the quality of not being important or worthy of note
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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)
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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)
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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)
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face value,
nominal value,
par value the apparent worth as opposed to the real worth
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book value the value at which an asset is carried on a balance sheet; equals cost minus accumulated depreciation
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market price,
market value the price at which buyers and sellers trade the item in an open marketplace
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monetary standard,
standard any distinctive flag
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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 |
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color property an attribute of color
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black marked by anger or resentment or hostility; "black looks"; "black words"
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white of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population"
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light,
light-colored characterized by or emitting light; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light"
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dark not giving performances; closed; "the theater is dark on Mondays"
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lightness having a light color
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darkness a swarthy complexion
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value - 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" |
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amount,
measure,
quantity the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion; "an adequate amount of food for four people"
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mess of pottage anything of trivial value; "Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a mess of pottage"
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premium a prize, bonus, or award given as an inducement to purchase products, enter competitions initiated by business interests, etc.; "they encouraged customers with a premium for loyal patronage"
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value - a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed; "the value assigned was 16 milliseconds" |
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numerical quantity a quantity expressed as a number
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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
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scale value a value on some scale of measurement
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argument,
parameter a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable
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value - an ideal accepted by some individual or group; "he has old-fashioned values" |
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ideal the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain
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introject (psychoanalysis) parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child; the voice of conscience is usually a parent's voice internalized
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principle a basic truth or law or assumption; "the principles of democracy"
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value - (music) the relative duration of a musical note |
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continuance,
duration the act of continuing an activity without interruption
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music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest"
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value - fix or determine the value of; assign a value to; "value the jewelry and art work in the estate" |
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determine,
set fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules"
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overestimate,
overvalue make too high an estimate of; "He overestimated his own powers"
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underestimate,
undervalue make too low an estimate of; "he underestimated the work that went into the renovation"; "Don't underestimate the danger of such a raft trip on this river"
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float convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data"
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