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 Considering the get-in-price for a lower bowl Notre Dame-Ohio State ticket went for triple or quadruple the $850 face value on the secondary market, McCauley still came out ahead by buying the option and paying face value. — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 20 July 2026 There are also users actively offering to pay above face value (which other users will also report). — William Earl, Variety, 20 July 2026 The face value of premium tickets to the World Cup final that were released in May. — Brett Knight, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Athlete Creditor reports having bought over 5,100 claims with a face value exceeding $330 million. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 June 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
  • High gas prices from the Iran-Israel War also may spur some drivers to ditch their cars for a while and save cash by avoiding the gas pump.
    — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The prices have gone up because of the tariff war that began, and a lot of the businesses have not brought down those prices.
    — Bri Buckley, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of price
Noun
  • An identical sports risk carries a 51% tax through one legal door and an exchange fee through the other.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The panel also voiced support for regulations on agents, from registration and fees to a cap on compensation.
    — Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of fee
Noun
  • Low labor costs, a large French-speaking workforce and relatively weak unions have made Morocco an attractive outsourcing destination for international companies, particularly French firms seeking to reduce costs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The additional pension costs imposed by AB 1383 would leave cities with less money for staffing, salaries, and other public services or require significant tax increases.
    — Mariana Trujillo, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of cost
Noun
  • Data from real-world systems rarely changes at one constant rate.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Thailand has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in Asia, second only to Pakistan and far surpassing its Southeast Asian neighbors.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of rate
Noun
  • For now, though, soccer’s civil war appears to be heading toward an entrenched standoff of ideas and values.
    — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • South Africa's utility, Eskom, plans to develop a 1-gigawatt solar manufacturing facility to capture more value from its fast-expanding solar market and respond to changing electricity demand.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of value
Noun
  • Amazon has the Sony 75-inch Bravia 3 4K Smart TV on sale for $898, down from its regular $1,098 list price.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The list price of the drug, Tudriqev, will be $450,000 per course of therapy before rebates and discounts.
    — Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of list price
Noun
  • 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
  • The publication suggests that the unit price could be as low as $10,000, signaling Beijing’s push to make advanced loitering munitions affordable for mass deployment.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2025
Definition of unit price

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