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face value
Face value is defined as the value printed on money or on a bill or bond or on a ticket, or the amount of the death benefits of an insurance policy, or the assumed value based on appearances.
(noun)- An example of face value is the price someone asks for when selling a concert ticket at the price originally paid for it.
- An example of face value is assuming a business is profitable because they have expensive-looking offices.
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See face value in Webster's New World College Dictionary
- the value printed or stamped on a bill, bond, coin, etc.
- the amount of the death benefits of a life insurance policy
- the seeming value: to take a promise at face value
See face value in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- The value printed or written on the face, as of a bill or bond.
- Apparent significance or value: took their compliments at face value.
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