value

noun

• 1the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something:your support is of great value
• the material or monetary worth of something:prints seldom rise in value equipment is included up to a total value of $500
• the worth of something compared to the price paid or asked for it:at $12.50 the book is a good value

• 2 (values) a person’s principles or standards of behavior; one’s judgment of what is important in life:they internalize their parents' rules and values

• 3the numerical amount denoted by an algebraic term; a magnitude, quantity, or number:the mean value of x an accurate value for the mass of Venus

• 4 Music the relative duration of the sound signified by a note.

• 5 Linguistics the meaning of a word or other linguistic unit.
• the quality or tone of a spoken sound; the sound represented by a letter.

• 6 Art the relative degree of lightness or darkness of a particular color:the artist has used adjacent color values as the landscape recedes

verb (values, valuing, valued)

• 1estimate the monetary worth of (something):his estate was valued at $45,000

• 2consider (someone or something) to be important or beneficial; have a high opinion of:she had come to value her privacy and independence