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Multi-word Results
| absolute value |
the magnitude of a real number irrespective of its sign; distance of a real number from zero. [2 definitions] |
| book value |
the value of a business, asset, share of stock, or the like, as shown in the financial accounting records. (Cf. market value.) |
| face value |
the actual value printed or stamped on the front of money, bonds, stock, or the like. [2 definitions] |
| market value |
the value of a business, property, security, commodity, or piece of merchandise in terms of the estimated price for which it can be sold in a given market. |
| par value |
see "face value." |
| place value |
the numerical value of a digit based on its position in a number. |
| surplus value |
in Marxist theory, the difference between the value of the products of a worker's labor and the wage he or she receives, which constitutes the profit made by a capitalist owner of land, a factory, or the like. |
| value judgment |
an estimate, usu. subjective, of the worth of a person, object, event, or the like, esp. when such an estimate is not called for. |
| value-added tax |
a sales tax paid on the value added to products and services at each stage of manufacturing and distribution. |
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