face value

noun

Definition of face valuenext
as in price
the monetary figure that is printed or shown on something (such as a coin or bill) We paid $100 for tickets that had a face value of $50.

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Recent Examples of face value The value of junk silver is tied to the current market price of silver, often sold in bulk by face value. — Nick Perry, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026 All the tickets in Mamdani and the USTA’s initiative have a face value of $100 or more. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 On eBay and other resale platforms, sellers are listing tickets for 70mm screenings well above face value, with one transaction reaching as high as $2,000 for two tickets for a premium showtime in New York. — Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026 Many debt buyers purchase delinquent accounts for significantly less than their face value. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for face value
Recent Examples of Synonyms for face value
  1. price
  2. fee
  3. cost
  4. rate
  5. value
  6. list price
  7. unit price
Noun
  • One flight last week leaving from al-Qassim airport north of Riyadh to Geneva, sold for €94,000 ($105,000), compared with a price of about €60,000 ($67,000) before the closure of the main airport in Riyadh.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • His critics see a president who failed to tame inflation and keep America out of overseas conflicts, and whose agenda has fueled higher prices as the war with Iran appears to be at a stalemate.
    — JOSH BOAK, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of price
Noun
  • These provisions keep employers and plan sponsors from openly discussing their contract terms, which Cuban said blocks them from comparing fees and negotiating better deals.
    — Emma Witman, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Talking to Nieman Lab, experts suggested that Meta could possibly use the policy to avoid millions in licensing fees from news organizations by requiring all business users to share a wealth of AI training data simply for running a business page.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of fee
Noun
  • But then shipping disruptions, rising fuel costs, and steep international tariffs made exporting increasingly difficult, prompting Yu to turn her attention to building a domestic market.
    — Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Future success will require Space42 to turn its technological capabilities, capital commitments and international partnerships into commercially viable services that can compete across markets at scale and at a sustainable cost.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of cost
Noun
  • The cancer’s five-year survival rate is less than 7%, according to WEHI.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
  • However, the time required to assemble an individual robot differs from the rate at which a production line can manufacture multiple units.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of rate
Noun
  • The agreement includes an option that could increase its total value to approximately $91 million, further expanding American industrial involvement in the programme.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Part of Borromeo’s mandate was to tighten the product assortment, boost the company’s profitability and return it back to its foundational values and DNA.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of value
Noun
  • The list price was $749,900, and taxes were about $14,000 a year.
    — Gabe Castro-Root, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The test will cost somewhere between about $500 (the current Medicare payment for Cologuard, the benchmark specified in the MCED Coverage Act) and $949 (Grail’s current list price).
    — H. Gilbert Welch, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of list price
Noun
  • Or maybe keep the design as simple as possible and offer a Kickstarter reward that packages two single-compartment Ice Box coolers together for a lower per-unit price – one food, one drinks, done.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2026
  • While well below the Mountain View per-unit price, the Sunnyvale deal was generally at a similar level as some recent apartment transactions in South San Jose.
    — George Avalos, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026
Definition of unit price

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“Face value.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/face%20value. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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