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  • “Needs must I repair to the city of the owner of the dish, and, carry him a fit and handsome present and pay him the money-value of that which his dog bestowed upon me.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Panics that shake empires and topple trade into the dust seldom lower the cost of this king of precious stones; and there is no personal property that is so apt to remain unchanged in money-value.

    The Diamond Myth 2006

  • Panics that shake empires and topple trade into the dust seldom lower the cost of this king of precious stones; and there is no personal property that is so apt to remain unchanged in money-value.

    The Diamond Myth 2006

  • Third, @ Josh and Hellinar's back-and-forth on money-value of time not to mention the corollary time-value of money!

    The Magic Circle 2007

  • In other words, by expressing a hundredweight in terms of currency we gave, not its value, but only its money-value.

    The Money Muddle 2007

  • The consumption of the wealth-owning class may be extremely susceptible to unforeseen changes in the money-value of its wealth.

    The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money 2003

  • Yet he liked a slight tribute; the cost, the money-value, did not touch him: a diamond ring, a gold snuff-box, presented, with pomp, would have pleased him less than a flower, or

    Villette 2003

  • Mr. Armadale was rich — Mr. Armadale (if he was not stark mad too) might be made to put the right money-value on information that saved him from the disgrace of marrying Miss

    Armadale 2003

  • In dealing with the theory of employment I propose, therefore, to make use of only two fundamental units of quantity, namely, quantities of money-value and quantities of employment.

    The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money 2003

  • Panics that shake empires and topple trade into the dust seldom lower the cost of this king of precious stones; and there is no personal property that is so apt to remain unchanged in money-value.

    Diamonds and Pearls 1969

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