value

n.

1. Monetary value

   price, expense, cost, profit, worth, value in exchange, equivalent, rate, amount, market price, charge, face value, assessment, appraisal.

2. The quality of being desirable

   use, usefulness, utility, benefit, advantage, esteem, estimation, desirability, preference, exchangeability, marketability.

3. Quality

   worth, merit, significance, consequence, goodness, condition, state, excellence, distinction, desirability, grade, finish, perfection, eminence, superiority, advantage, power, regard, importance, mark, caliber, repute.

4. Precise signification

   significance, force, meaning, drift, import, sense, purpose, bearing, denotation, interpretation, implication, substance, content, connotation.

value

v.

1. To believe to be valuable

   esteem, prize, appreciate; see admire 1, appreciate 2, consider 1, 2.

2. To set a price upon

   estimate, reckon, assess, appraise, fix the price of, place a value on, assay, rate, figure, compute, evaluate, judge, repute, consider, enumerate, account, charge, levy, ascertain, price.

3. To estimate

   evaluate, assess, appraise; see estimate 1, reckon. See syn. study at appreciate.

value and worth are used interchangeably when applied to the desirability of something material as measured by its equivalence in money, goods, etc. the worth or value of a used car, but, in discrimination, worth implies an intrinsic excellence resulting as from superior moral, cultural, or spiritual qualities, and value suggests the excellence attributed to something with reference to its usability, importance, etc. the true worth of a book cannot be measured by its commercial value