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
For over a decade, scalpers openly camped out at gas stations, motels and restaurant parking lots near the club, selling badges above face value.
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Sofia Chierchio, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Surgeons could sell their unpaid medical bills to Blake or one of his medical funding company contacts for 20 percent of the face value.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
Summing Up So, to be clear, WBD doesn’t claim Paramount’s $30 a share cash offer, on face value, is better or worse for WBD shareholders than Netflix’s.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
The denominations of hell notes can often run to eight figures, though their face value has little bearing on their earthly price, which can be as low as a few cents.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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Sofia Chierchio, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Surgeons could sell their unpaid medical bills to Blake or one of his medical funding company contacts for 20 percent of the face value.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
Summing Up So, to be clear, WBD doesn’t claim Paramount’s $30 a share cash offer, on face value, is better or worse for WBD shareholders than Netflix’s.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
The denominations of hell notes can often run to eight figures, though their face value has little bearing on their earthly price, which can be as low as a few cents.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for face value
Recent Examples of Synonyms for face value
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Like gold, bitcoin produces no profits or dividends, and its price depends on what investors will pay for it.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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Its share price has risen more than fourfold since its listing, propelling its market capitalization to almost $200 billion — more than the value investors put on the entirety of GE before then-CEO Larry Culp announced his plan to split it up in November 2021.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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The directive also prohibits federal immigration agents from using city property and imposes a fee on owners who allow federal agents to use private property.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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While a healthy chunk of ratepayers’ bills includes fees for utility delivery services, Spiller notes those pay for upgrades to infrastructure as well as routine and emergency maintenance, such as outages during bad weather.—
Alexander Coolidge,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
11 Feb. 2026
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Syria, Saudi Arabia sign investment deals DAMASCUS, Syria -- Syria and Saudi Arabia signed multibillion-dollar investment agreements on Saturday, including a major telecommunications project, a low-cost joint airline and an international airport in northern Syria.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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Analysts there predict a price war that could drive the cost of some weight-loss drugs down by as much as 90 percent in India – and possibly in other countries too.—
Ayushi Shah,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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Perhaps, on extremely long timescales, those heavier elements will sink to the center of the core, producing an inert center that slows the rate of fusion even further.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Feb. 2026
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But nothing can keep rising at such extreme rates forever, and critics had been calling for a pullback.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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Trump has instead argued for protecting existing owners who have watched the values of their homes climb.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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This is why sports retain the rare commercial value as live programming.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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Now, more than 62% of homebuyers nationally paid less than the original list price in 2025, a Redfin analysis showed in another report.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Feb. 2026
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The state voucher program offers up to a 90% discount on the list price for private fleet operators.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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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
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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
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“Face value.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/face%20value. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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