Meaning

noun a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed

noun the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable

noun the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else

originFrom Middle English valew, value, from Old French value, feminine past participle of valoir, from Latin valēre (“be strong, be worth”), from Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“to be strong”).

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