value: meaning and definitions

An amount, as of goods, services, or money, considered to be a fair and suitable equivalent for something else; a fair price or return.

Monetary or material worth: the fluctuating value of gold and silver.

Worth in usefulness or importance to the possessor; utility or merit: the value of an education.

A principle, standard, or quality considered worthwhile or desirable: "The speech was a summons back to the patrician values of restraint and responsibility” ( Jonathan Alter).

Precise meaning or import, as of a word.

Mathematics An assigned or calculated numerical quantity.

Music The relative duration of a tone or rest.

The relative darkness or lightness of a color. See Table at color.

Linguistics The sound quality of a letter or diphthong.

One of a series of specified values: issued a stamp of new value.

To determine or estimate the worth or value of; appraise.

To regard highly; esteem. See Synonyms at appreciate.

To rate according to relative estimate of worth or desirability; evaluate: valued health above money.

To assign a value to (a unit of currency, for example).