Antonyms for value
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : val-yoo |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈvæl yu |
Definition of value
Origin :- c.1300, from Old French value "worth, value" (13c.), noun use of fem. past participle of valoir "be worth," from Latin valere "be strong, be well, be of value" (see valiant). The meaning "social principle" is attested from 1918, supposedly borrowed from the language of painting. Value judgment (1892) is a loan-translation of German Werturteil.
- noun financial worth
- noun advantage, worth
- Obulus, (plural Oboli)—A small coin, about the value of a penny.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- He's too honest entirely to stale the value of a pin, let alone a carpetbag.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- I can bear witness to the value of her services in South Carolina and Florida.
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
- As a result the grain in the Egyptian markets had greatly increased in value.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- It was but just, that a man should be spoken evil of, who set no value upon his reputation.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Have I not conjured you, as you value my peace—What is it that I do not give up?
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- But my value is not my value to men; it is not even my value to myself; it is my value to God.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- The mere exposition of a thesis would have little or no value.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- He will know nothing of your tears, nor value them if he did.
- Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Of what value are milk, cream, and butter in the making of candy?
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Synonyms for value
- account
- amount
- appraisal
- assessment
- bearing
- benefit
- caliber
- charge
- condition
- connotation
- consequence
- content
- cost
- denotation
- desirability
- distinction
- drift
- eminence
- equivalent
- esteem
- estimation
- excellence
- expense
- finish
- force
- goodness
- grade
- help
- implication
- import
- importance
- interpretation
- mark
- market price
- marketability
- meaning
- merit
- monetary worth
- power
- preference
- price
- profit
- purpose
- quality
- rate
- regard
- repute
- sense
- serviceableness
- significance
- state
- stature
- substance
- superiority
- use
- usefulness
- utility
- valuation
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