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But this is a case of market value, when the supply happens to be not on a level with the demand: now, throughout the present conversation I wish studiously to keep clear of any reference to market value, and to consider exclusively that mode of exchangeable value which is usually called natural value-- that is, where value is wholly uninfluenced by any redundancy or deficiency of the quantity.

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  1. noun An amount, as of goods, services, or money, considered to be a fair and suitable equivalent for something else; a fair price or return.
  2. noun Monetary or material worth: the fluctuating value of gold and silver.
  3. noun Worth in usefulness or importance to the possessor; utility or merit: the value of an education.
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  • Whitehead and I thought of a propositional function as an expression containing an undetermined variable and becoming an ordinary sentence as soon as a value is assigned to the variable: ‘x is human’, for example, becomes an ordinary sentence as soon as we substitute a proper name for ‘x’. —  My Philosophical Development
  • To compete for the value oriented customer and drive traffic during this very challenging economic environment, we launched a new campaign anchored in what we call our value trio. —  Retail Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha
  • Simon Chadwick, professor of sports business strategy at Coventry University, believes the club could even benefit if they have to find a new sponsor given that as Barclays Premier League and European champions their value is at an all-time high. —  tribalfootball.com
  • And heck, if the value is there, you can even try an advertising campaign or two on the review sites - just don't feel like you have to. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • If I read it correctly, the value is the current snapshot of what smartctl sees. —  Linux Journal - The Original Magazine of the Linux Community
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from feminine past participle of valoir, to be strong, be worth, from Latin valēre; see wal- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also valew; from Middle English valew, value, from Old French value (= Italian valuta), worth, value, from value, feminine of valu, past participle of valoir, from Latin valere, be strong, be worth: see valiant, valor.
  2. from value, n.
 

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