by face value

  • 31face value — 1) N SING The face value of things such as coins, paper money, investment documents, or tickets is the amount of money that they are worth, and that is written on them. Tickets were selling at twice their face value. 2) PHRASE: PHR after v If you …

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  • 32Face Value (album) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Face Value. Face Value est le premier album solo de Phil Collins sorti en 1981. Il contient le tube In The Air Tonight. Chansons In the Air Tonight This must be love Behind the lines The roof is leaking Droned… …

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  • 33Face Value (film, 2001) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Face Value. Face Value est un film américain réalisé par Michael Miller en 2001. Sommaire 1 Résumé 2 Fiche technique …

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  • 34face value —    If you take something at face value, you accept the appearance rather than looking deeper into the matter.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you take something at its face value, you assume that it is genuinely what it appears to be.… …

    English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • 35face value — 1) value or price printed on a stamp/bond/paper money etc. He gave me the face value that was printed on the used stamps. 2) seeming value or truth of something He is a nice person but you must always take at face value what he says …

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  • 36face value — noun Date: 1876 1. the value indicated on the face (as of a postage stamp or a stock certificate) 2. the apparent value or significance < if their remarks may be taken at face value > …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 37face value — /fays val yooh/ for 1; /fays val yooh/ for 2 1. the value printed on the face of a stock, bond, or other financial instrument or document. 2. apparent value: Do not accept promises at face value. [1875 80] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 38face value — noun (U) 1 take sth at face value to accept a situation or accept what someone says, without thinking there may be a hidden meaning: You shouldn t always take his remarks at face value. 2 (C, U) the value or cost shown on the front of something&#8230; …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 39face value — The full amount to be paid, principal and interest, according to the terms of the instrument. Anno: 91 ALR 30, 31. The par value of corporate stock which has a par value. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v United States, 273 US 100, 71 L Ed 558, 47 S&#8230; …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 40Face Value — The nominal value or dollar value of a security stated by the issuer. For stocks, it is the original cost of the stock shown on the certificate. For bonds, it is the amount paid to the holder at maturity (generally $1,000). Also known as par&#8230; …

    Investment dictionary