face value
noun
1
: the value indicated on the face (as of a postage stamp or a stock certificate)
2
: the apparent value or significance
if their remarks may be taken at face value
Examples of face value in a Sentence
We paid $100 for tickets that had a face value of $50.
Recent Examples on the Web
Service fees can add as much as 32 percent to the face value of a ticket.
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George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024
Because of supply and demand, tickets resold on the secondary market can be much higher than face value.
—Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
In some extreme cases, tickets are being digitally hawked on resale sites for 10 or 20 times their face value — before the Columbia music venue even puts them on sale, said Audrey Fix Schaefer, the director of communications for I.M.P., which operates Merriweather Post Pavilion.
—Abigail Gruskin, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024
And in fact, there’s quite a few banks in the U.S. right now–and Silicon Valley Bank was one of them–that currently have the value of the assets, the market value, of being less than the face value of the debt.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 16 May 2024
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George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024
Because of supply and demand, tickets resold on the secondary market can be much higher than face value.
—Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
In some extreme cases, tickets are being digitally hawked on resale sites for 10 or 20 times their face value — before the Columbia music venue even puts them on sale, said Audrey Fix Schaefer, the director of communications for I.M.P., which operates Merriweather Post Pavilion.
—Abigail Gruskin, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024
And in fact, there’s quite a few banks in the U.S. right now–and Silicon Valley Bank was one of them–that currently have the value of the assets, the market value, of being less than the face value of the debt.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 16 May 2024
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“Face value.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/face%20value. Accessed 9 Jun. 2024.
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