value — ODE · Shobdo

value /ˈvaljuː

▸ noun

1 [mass noun] the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something:

your support is of great value.

▪ the material or monetary worth of something:

prints seldom rise in value

[count noun] equipment is included up to a total value of £500.

▪ the worth of something compared to the price paid or asked for it:

at £12.50 the book is good value.

2 (values) principles or standards of behaviour; one's judgement of what is important in life:

they internalize their parents' rules and values.

3 the numerical amount denoted by an algebraic term; a magnitude, quantity, or number:

the mean value of x.

4 Music the relative duration of the sound signified by a note.

5 Linguistics the meaning of a word or other linguistic unit.

▪ the quality or tone of a spoken sound; the sound represented by a letter.

6 the relative degree of lightness or darkness of a particular colour:

the artist has used adjacent colour values as the landscape recedes.

▸ verb

( values, valuing, valued)

[with object]

1 estimate the monetary worth of:

his estate was valued at £45,000.

2 consider (someone or something) to be important or beneficial; have a high opinion of:

she had come to value her privacy.

– PHRASES

value for money British English
used in reference to something that is well worth the money spent on it:

this camera is really good value for money.

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