value

pronunciation

How to pronounce value in British English: UK [ˈvæljuː] word uk audio image

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Noun:

a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
relative darkness or lightness of a color
(music) the relative duration of a musical note
an ideal accepted by some individual or group
Verb:

fix or determine the value of; assign a value to
hold dear
regard highly; think much of
place a value on; judge the worth of something
estimate the value of

Word Origin

value: value: [14] To have value is etymologically to be ‘strong’ or ‘effective’, and hence to have ‘worth’. The word was borrowed from Old French value, a noun use of the feminine past participle of valoir ‘be worth’. This was descended from Latin valēre ‘be strong, be of value’, which also produced English avail [13], available [15] (which originally meant ‘advantageous’, and was not used for ‘accessible for use’ until as recently as the 19th century), convalesce [15], valency [19], valiant [14], valid, and valour [14].=> available, convalesce, valency, valiant, valid, valour

value (n.): c. 1300, "price equal to the intrinsic worth of a thing;" late 14c., "degree to which something is useful or estimable," from Old French value "worth, price, moral worth; standing, reputation" (13c.), noun use of fem. past participle of valoir "be worth," from Latin valere "be strong, be well; be of value, be worth" (see valiant). The meaning "social principle" is attested from 1918, supposedly borrowed from the language of painting. Value judgment (1889) is a loan-translation of German Werturteil.

value (v.): mid-15c., "estimate the value of," also "think highly of," probably from value (n.). Related: Valued, valuing.