Synonyms for face value

Grammar : Noun

Spell : feys val-yoo for 1; feys val-yoo for 2

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfeɪs ˌvæl yu for 1; ˈfeɪs ˈvæl yu for 2

Définition of face value

noun apparent worth of something

Example sentences :

In November, 1791, the assignats were worth 52 per cent of their face value.
Extract from : « The Paper Moneys of Europe » by Francis W. Hirst

Indeed, if one interpreted their attitude at its face value, the shoe was on the other foot.
Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance

At face value, how splendidly it simplifies the Dardanelles problem!
Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton

At the face value of the paper, or at the price for which it had been purchased?
Extract from : « Union and Democracy » by Allen Johnson

Apparently McNeill took the statement easily, upon its face value.
Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

Paper money is a promise to pay its face value in gold or silver.
Extract from : « Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin » by Benjamin Franklin

It is always wrong to accept a dream-meaning at its face value.
Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence

The face value of the four stamps, added together, was one crown.
Extract from : « The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 » by Henry Baerlein

They were slow-thinking men, accustomed to taking things at face value.
Extract from : « The Huntress » by Hulbert Footner

Each of those cards was good at his own restaurant for its face value.
Extract from : « Strictly Business » by O. Henry

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