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noun

• The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.

  Example: The Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world.

• The degree of importance given to something.

  Example: The value of my children's happiness is second only to that of my wife.

• That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system.

  Example: He does not share his parents' values.

• The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.

• The relative duration of a musical note.

  Example: The value of a crotchet is twice that of a quaver.

• The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.

• Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined.

  Example: The exact value of pi cannot be represented in decimal notation.

• Precise meaning; import.

  Example: the value of a word; the value of a legal instrument

• (in the plural) The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treating a mass or compound; specifically, the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, etc.

  Example: The vein carries good values.

• Esteem; regard.

• Valour; also spelled valew.

verb

• To estimate the value of; judge the worth of something.

  Example: I will have the family jewels valued by a professional.

• To fix or determine the value of; assign a value to, as of jewelry or art work.

• To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon.

  Example: Gold was valued highly among the Romans.

• To hold dear.

  Example: I value these old photographs.