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face value
[ feys val-yoo feys val-yoo ]
noun
- the value printed on the face of a stock, bond, or other financial instrument or document.
- apparent value:
Do not accept promises at face value.
face value
noun
- the value written or stamped on the face of a commercial paper or coin
- apparent worth or value, as opposed to real worth
Word History and Origins
Origin of face value1
Idioms and Phrases
see at face value .Example Sentences
Is Bill Burr’s comedy meant to be taken at face value or is he doing a high-wire self-parody of the type of edgelord comedy that drew ire after a Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally?
Trump's warnings can be taken at face value.
New South Wales Police said they had previously been selling online for 10 times their face value.
It said that all invalidated tickets will be made available again through the official seller, Ticketmaster, at face value.
Iran’s official media in the hours before and after Israel’s attacks carried defiant statements that, at face value, suggest the decision to respond had already been taken.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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